Cynthia Oliver/COCo Dance Theatre’s Rigidigidim De Bamba De: Ruptured Calypso takes calypso in and out of the carnival context and layers it with mythology, hertory, and dance. Six women from the Caribbean diaspora explore “rupture,” or break, and discover a shared Caribbean identity across geographical, cultural and aesthetic borders. Through vibrant movement, sound and text, the performers negotiate their individual identities and cut through calypso’s melodious innuendo to reveal its political subversive truth-telling and rawness then delivers it in raucous and downright unrespectable levels….

The shows last performance is tonight. For more info and to purchase tickets, click here: Rigidigidim De Bamba De: Ruptured Calypso.

This Friday, the folks up at the Bronx Museum are representing for Caribbean culture. Check out the info below and after the jump…

Join The Bronx Museum for an exciting First Fridays! program featuring special live performances covering music from the Caribbean islands of Trinidad and Tobago and Jamaica. Music by DJ Revolution (Soca, Calypso & Reggae).

Shouts to Asho for passing this info on, once again. Check out more info after the jump….

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Click on the player below to listen to the lastest edition of BBCCaribbean.com Magazine. This time around they highlight the Carnival season from Curaçao to St. Thomas, Trinidad & more….

Image via Eddy Westveer on Flickr.

This week’s NYTimes.com Music Popcast features an interview with Trinidadian Calypso legend Calypso Rose. Check out the interview below….

To find out more about NYTimes.com podcasts, click here.

image vai wnyc on Flickr.

Byron Aloysius St. Elmo Lee OD, OJ passed away yesterday morning at the University Hospital of the West Indies in Kingston at age 73, after a long battle with cancer. In the world of Caribbean music he was better known as The Dragon, heading up one of the most recognizable bands in Ska, Soca & Calypso, The Dragonaires.

One of the good things about being a musician is that you can leave a legacy behind with you. In Mr. Lee’s case, he’s left behind over 60 albums, some of which I’ve posted here. Check them out after the jump.

For more info on the death of Byron Lee, click here.

RIP.

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Five Days till election so I thought I would post some Palin related music in tribute to the election.

After their Jimmy Cliff feature last week, BBC’s 1Xtra continues their celebration of Black History Month in the UK with a sitdown with Calypso legend The Mighty Sparrow. Birdie sat down with host Alex Jordan to discuss his history, legacy, politics & more. Check out the audio below…

For more info on Sparrow, click here, and to check out Alex Jordan’s full show this week, click here.

After hosting shows by Badu and Jill Scott the last two weeks, the MLK Concert Series @ Wingate High School in BK is coming through this Monday with some of the Caribbean’s finest. Check out the lineup: Beres Hammond, Bunji Garlin & The Mighty Sparrow. And, as always, the show is 100% FREE. Be sure to get there early though, to get a good seat. You don’t want to end up on the other side of the fence, like the folks in the photo above.

Check out this page for more info.

Photo by surgery on Flickr.

On his recent trip to London, Calypso legend and Burden Clothing Inspiration, The Mighty Sparrow recently sat down with BBCCaribbean.com to voice his opinions on Barack Obama, politics, and the state of modern Calypso.

Check out the full feature here.