Calypso rose coachella

Two weeks prior to her 79th birthday, Calypso Rose — who has broken down barriers for women in calypso, soca and other Caribbean genres throughout her year trailblazing career — will once again make music history. Rose is the oldest artist and the first calypsonian to be booked for a full set at Coachella.

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Rose will perform on the Gobi Stage on both weekends April 12 and 19 of the Indio, California festival, backed by an eight-piece band comprised of African, American, Caribbean and French musicians. She is also one of just eight artists who were filmed in their homelands for mini documentaries that will be included in the Coachella Curated weekend two streaming program.

Trending on Billboard. Rose has toured the world, amassing a vast international fan base, especially in France. Her powerful vocals — feisty, warrior-like yet warm and engaging — remain remarkably intact. But all I went through opened the door for the female calypsonians because I was the only woman in it for years. To alleviate the financial pressures her parents faced with 11 children, Rose was adopted at age nine by an aunt and uncle and was raised in Trinidad.

An African derived music, calypso originated in Trinidad circa as topical songs sung during the carnival season. The first calypso recordings were made between Women should not do that!