By Dave Douglas Living legend, charismatic performer and Queen of Calypso McArtha Linda Sandy-Lewis aka Calypso Rose shows no signs of slowing down and at age 74, her performance at the Revival nightspot, one of the venues for this year’s Small World Music Festival, last Sunday night was simply riveting, exhilarating and exciting. Rose entered […]
Born in 1940 on the island of Tobago, McCartha Linda Sandy-Lewis wrote her first song when she was just 15. Her father sang in a church choir, and yet the parents of the girl who would become Calypso Rose were opposed to their daughter singing during carnival. But Rose’s strong character was a formidable instrument. […]
