Caribbean music researcher Dr Andrew Martin said preserving calypso requires meaningful investment in young people and greater recognition of the artform’s cultural importance. On Newsco’s Observer AM, Martin said younger audiences may be embracing soca and dancehall, but calypso’s tradition of political and social commentary is not disappearing. “I think it’s migrating. I don’t think the political spirit ever dies; it’s just it’s going to chang…
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