![]() To this day, Calypso Rose says she drinks seamoss, and eats a lot of fish, ginger, garlic, and banana to give her the energy to put on a powerful show. In addition to being a leader in the church, he was also a fisherman and Rose would to go with him every evening to the beach when she lived with him. Her father, Altino Sandy, was a leader of the Spiritual Shouter Baptists. ![]() Calypso Rose was the fourth child to be born by her mother, Dorchea Sandy, who had a total of thirteen children, two of which passed away. Rose's earliest memory is her grandmother sitting at the seashore and telling her that no one knows where they would be buried because her grandmother was originally from French Guinea and ended up in Tobago because she was kidnapped and sold there. She grew up in the small village of Bethel on the island of Tobago, one of the two Caribbean islands forming Trinidad and Tobago and the birthplace of calypso. After hearing her perform, the managers at Young Brigade renamed her Calypso Rose because a rose is considered the mother of all flowers and she considers herself the mother of female calypsonians that came after her. The name Crusoe Kid was meant to signify her origins in Tobago, and a reference to the novel Robinson Crusoe. This occurred when she auditioned for the managers of a calypso tent called Young Brigade. At the beginning of her music career, the singer originally took the name Crusoe Kid but later changed it to Calypso Rose. ![]() Her mother gave her this name as an homage a respectable army general by the name of Douglas MacArthur. Early life Ĭalypso Rose was born under the name Linda McCartha Monica Sandy-Lewis. She currently resides in Queens, New York, and regularly returns to Trinidad and Tobago in addition to touring. ![]() She has received every award available to living artists in the Caribbean. In addition to writing songs about social issues, Rose is also an activist and was given the title of UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador for former child soldiers along with performing at numerous events for social change. Her influence over the calypso music genre forced the renaming of the Calypso King competition to the Calypso Monarch instead. Considered the "mother of calypso", Rose was the first female calypso star and her lyrics frequently address social issues like racism and sexism. She started writing songs at the age of 13 over the years, she has composed more than 1000 songs and recorded more than 20 albums. Calypso Rose or Linda McCartha Monica Sandy-Lewis (born Apin Bethel Village, Tobago) is a Trinidadian calypsonian. ![]()
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