As Guyana celebrates Republicanism with Mashramani and the 2014 Trinidad Carnival moves into high gear, the greatest calypsonian of all time, The Mighty Sparrow, is awarded Trinidad and Tobago’s highest honour, but in Guyana questions are raised over the calypso form itself.
In the middle of many statements, claims and theses recently put forward, some of them erroneous, celebrated Guyanese musician, calypsonian, songwriter and band-leader Dave Martins offered an expert elucidation of the state and place of the calypso