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CALYPSO ROSE - Mc Cartha Lewis ()

country:
Trinidad and Tobago
style(s):
Calypso
label:
not signed
gender:
female
instrumentation:
vocal
artist submitted by:
Caribbean Music Group Ltd.

Calypso Rose is the undisputed Queen of Calypso and has toured the world and performed in major festivals in 2011. A film produced by Maturity Productions will be screened at WOMEX on Friday 28 (in the Film Room at 15:15 to 16:45) and will be broadcast by PBS from January 2012 throughout the US.

TECHNICAL INFO: 6 musicians (for Europe based in Paris, for US based in NY, for Caribbean based in Trinidad), 1 accompaniment and 1 artists based in NY.

TOURING AGENT EUROPE: Azimuth Productions

WE ARE LOOKING FOR TOURING AGENTS/RECORD LABELS OUTSIDE EUROPE ESPECIALLY US/CANADA.

CALYPSO ROSE BIO
Mc Cartha Lewis, sobriquet Calypso Rose "the mother of all flowers" is the undisputed Calypso queen of the world for the last forty years. She was born in the tiny island of Tobago in the West Indies. She began singing at the age of fifteen. In a world where Calypsonians were mainly men, she was able to succeed through her strong personality and her charisma on stage. In 1966 she wrote "Fire In Meh Wire" which became an international calypso anthem translated in eight languages. She was the first woman in 1977 to win the crown of Calypso Monarch (the yearly competition originally called Calypso King re-baptised Calypso Monarch after the triumph of Calypso Rose) and the Road March title (the song most played in the street during Carnival).

From there her career brought her all around the world, where she became the Ambassador par excellence of Calypso. She shared the international stages with the most popular stars of the music world such as Miriam Makeba, Tito Puente, Mahalia Jackson, Michael Jackson, Roberta Flack, Bob Marley and many others.Her musical catalogue includes various styles of music from social and political commentary to fete songs, jump up, soca, gospel and now reggae, ska and soul.

Calypso Rose has received more awards and medals than any other calypsonian alive from governments or city mayors from Trinidad, New York, Washington, London and Africa. In 2005 , she was the main character for the project Calypso @ Dirty Jim's, in the documentary (broadcasted on France 2, Bet, etc...) and on stage where she "put on fire" the European audiences (Cirque d'Hiver in Paris, Barbican in London, WOMEX in Seville).

More recently, Calypso Rose enjoyed international recognition with the release of her new album "Rose, Calypso Diva" produced by Maturity Music and distributed in Europe by Harmonia Mundi (World Village). The hit single and the video "Israel by Bus" went right up the world music charts such as Itunes France.
Since then, she has toured regularly Europe and USA and her last summer festival touring 2011 throughout Europe with resounding success.

The documentary film "Calypso Rose The Lioness of the Jungle" on Calypso Rose is directed by Pascale Obolo.