How to Use calypso in a Sentence
calypso
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Franklin kneels to show the tiny face of a calypso orchid, just then coming into bloom.
—Tribune News Service, oregonlive, 18 July 2021
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From its feel-good melody to its lyrics full of fresh air and freedom, the lilting, calypso-esque dance beat is a whole vibe.
—Jessica Roiz, Billboard, 27 Apr. 2022
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Come for the live calypso and reggae music and local DJs, and stay for the delicious free food!
—BostonGlobe.com, 14 July 2022
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The calypso singer's Belafonte album was No. 1 on the very first weekly Billboard 200 chart.
—Paul Grein, Billboard, 8 Sep. 2020
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Ska developed first in the 1950s combining mento, calypso, jazz and rhythm and blues.
—Nacey Watson Johnson, Billboard, 8 Mar. 2023
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Sweet soca and calypso boomed throughout the capital city.
—Natalie Meade, Vogue, 23 Feb. 2023
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The band plays a mixture of reggae, soca/calypso, beach music and their own originals, officials said.
—Beacon-News Staff, Chicago Tribune, 3 July 2023
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The figurehead in popularizing calypso in America in the mid-‘50s, Belafonte became the first artist to sell a million copies of a full-length album.
—Al Shipley, SPIN, 26 Apr. 2023
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The lilting peals of calypso steel pans, driving reggae beats, and pulsing hip-hop fill the city streets, and Canadian-Caribbean households ready extra bedrooms for relatives from far and wide.
—Heather Greenwood Davis, Travel + Leisure, 27 May 2021
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The singer-songwriter-producer specializes in the forró, piseiro and axé, an Afro-Caribbean fusion of marcha, calypso and reggae.
—Billboard, 22 Sep. 2021
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Scheduled from 1 to 10 p.m. are competitions for masquerade bands, steelpan music, soca/calypso performers as well as a parade, kids’ zone, games and food vendors.
—Rod Stafford Hagwood, Sun Sentinel, 27 Sep. 2022
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The month-long party includes street parades, calypso competitions and fetes (parties) that summon the ingenuity and cultural traditions of enslaved Africans who created their own pre-Lent celebrations in the 18th century.
—Kristin Braswell, Condé Nast Traveler, 3 Feb. 2023
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But Jamaica’s indigenous calypso and mento would supply crucial material for his early musical repertoire.
—Chris Morris, Variety, 25 Apr. 2023
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Franklin kneels to show the tiny face of a calypso orchid, just then coming into bloom.
—Tribune News Service, oregonlive, 18 July 2021
-
From its feel-good melody to its lyrics full of fresh air and freedom, the lilting, calypso-esque dance beat is a whole vibe.
—Jessica Roiz, Billboard, 27 Apr. 2022
-
Come for the live calypso and reggae music and local DJs, and stay for the delicious free food!
—BostonGlobe.com, 14 July 2022
-
The calypso singer's Belafonte album was No. 1 on the very first weekly Billboard 200 chart.
—Paul Grein, Billboard, 8 Sep. 2020
-
Ska developed first in the 1950s combining mento, calypso, jazz and rhythm and blues.
—Nacey Watson Johnson, Billboard, 8 Mar. 2023
-
Sweet soca and calypso boomed throughout the capital city.
—Natalie Meade, Vogue, 23 Feb. 2023
-
The band plays a mixture of reggae, soca/calypso, beach music and their own originals, officials said.
—Beacon-News Staff, Chicago Tribune, 3 July 2023
-
The figurehead in popularizing calypso in America in the mid-‘50s, Belafonte became the first artist to sell a million copies of a full-length album.
—Al Shipley, SPIN, 26 Apr. 2023
-
The lilting peals of calypso steel pans, driving reggae beats, and pulsing hip-hop fill the city streets, and Canadian-Caribbean households ready extra bedrooms for relatives from far and wide.
—Heather Greenwood Davis, Travel + Leisure, 27 May 2021
-
The singer-songwriter-producer specializes in the forró, piseiro and axé, an Afro-Caribbean fusion of marcha, calypso and reggae.
—Billboard, 22 Sep. 2021
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Scheduled from 1 to 10 p.m. are competitions for masquerade bands, steelpan music, soca/calypso performers as well as a parade, kids’ zone, games and food vendors.
—Rod Stafford Hagwood, Sun Sentinel, 27 Sep. 2022
-
The month-long party includes street parades, calypso competitions and fetes (parties) that summon the ingenuity and cultural traditions of enslaved Africans who created their own pre-Lent celebrations in the 18th century.
—Kristin Braswell, Condé Nast Traveler, 3 Feb. 2023
-
But Jamaica’s indigenous calypso and mento would supply crucial material for his early musical repertoire.
—Chris Morris, Variety, 25 Apr. 2023
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