http://www.sunfest.on.ca/festival/performers/calypso-roseCalypso Rose performing at
Sunfest, billed as Canada's Premier World Music Festival
Calling Trinicana, Dutty, Jumbie, Mr. Fix-It Zandolie, Quags, Ribbit and others in the GTA area.
This is a free event but donations accepted.
July 7, 2012 - 5:00pm July 8, 2012 - 2:00pm July 8, 2012 - 7:15pm
Bio
Tobago-born McArtha Linda Sandy-Lewis (aka Calypso Rose) is a living legend: the sharp-tongued first lady of calypso and all-round ambassador of Caribbean music, who has received more honors and medals than any other living Calypsonian. Throughout her trail-blazing five-decade career, she has built up an impressive music catalogue (over 800 songs!) that ranges from social and political commentary to party music, inspirational hymns and gospel music, and includes a steady string of calypso hits. As a performer, she has shared stages with, among others, Bob Marley, Miriam Makeba and Michael Jackson. In 1966, Calypso Rose wrote Fire in Meh Wire, which has become one of the international anthems of Calypso, translated into eight languages. In 1978, she was the first woman to win the title of Calypso Monarch (the annual competition in Trinidad & Tobago, choosing the best Calypso singer of the Carnival season) and the Road March (the song that’s most played on the road during Carnival). From there, there was no stopping this dynamic woman who, in the last couple of years, has re-launched her international career with a new CD and a busy touring schedule. McArtha Lewis’ life was recently chronicled in the acclaimed documentary film, Calypso Rose: The Lioness of the Jungle. It follows this incredible lady on the road from France to the Caribbean to her adopted hometown of New York City. Along the way, viewers are told a story of triumph, tragedy and, above all, determination. “Determination,” she asserts, “is my right hand. Anything I want to do in life, nobody could stop me. They could try to attempt to, but I make up my mind. So once I want to go for a walk, it doesn’t matter if I have arthritis in my knees, or my feet or my legs. If I need to walk, that pain will not stop me because I want to walk.”
