It’s been almost a year since members of the Caribbean community in Toronto were saddened by the erroneous news that the Mighty Sparrow, widely regarded as the greatest Calypsonian of all time, had ...

The Mighty Sparrow was laid low by … a pinched nerve. This followed a show at Trinidad and Tobago‘s National Academy for the Performing Arts where he sang several songs while sitting in a chair at ...

No singer has had a longer career in calypso and soca than Mighty Sparrow, and people deserve a two-disc Sparrow compilation to bury all other Sparrow compilations. Save this story Save this story ...

FOR 20 YEARS, THE MOTHER’S DAY Caribbean Festival has brought Caribbean rhythms and culture to audiences in the New York metropolitan area. This year, event organizers are celebrating the milestone by ...

Calypso King of the World, The Mighty Sparrow (Slinger Francisco), will celebrate his 90th birthday on July 9. In celebration of this milestone, the Express is paying tribute to this calypso legend ...

Xtra Salutes the Caribbean showcasing the master of Calypso and Soca, Sparrow. With a career spanning over 50 years, ...

Calypso, with its peppery lyrics and percolating rhythms synonymous with the Caribbean, long has been dominated by artists whose ferocious stage names reflect the competitive nature of the realm: Lord ...

The Mighty Sparrow, the undisputed Calypso King of the World, was baptised on Saturday at Far Rockaway Beach in Queens, New York, USA. According to the Searchlight newspaper in St Vincent and the ...

The nom de plume The Mighty Sparrow has proven apt for Slinger Francisco. The singer’s birthplace — Grand Roy, Grenada, a country village better known for crops than calypso — is as unassuming as his ...

(Trinidad Guardian) Dr Slinger Francisco known around the world as the Mighty Sparrow—who was baptised Saturday in Brooklyn, New York —will now be using his gift of singing for the Seventh Day ...

On Wednesday July 9, 2025, the Caribbean’s Calypso King celebrated his 90th birthday. That person is one of, if not our greatest cultural icons, that being, Dr. Slinger Francisco better known to all ...