Guyana is Killing Calypso Music | Reviewing Calypso Competitions 2024
Channel: Bottom House TV
Date: 2024-03-13

Guyana is Killing Calypso Music. Reviewing the 2024 Calypso Competitions, Neil Marks of News Room and many Guyanese commented on the competition's lack of more controversial social commentary. Creativity and controversy are absent from Calypso music in Guyana because the genre's biggest platform is controlled by the government, calypsonians prefer to play it safe and junior calypsonians are trained to avoid controversy. Let's examine why the genre is dying and how Guyanese can save it from destruction.

00:00 Intro
00:49 Washington Law Firm Ad
01:49 Reviewing the Calypso Competitions 2024
02:34 The Guyana Government Controls Calypso's Biggest Stage
04:27 The Official Stance for Junior Calypso Monarch
05:11 Senior Calypso Monarch Competitors Played it Safe
08:03 Where is the safe and appeasing culture coming from?
09:26 How to save Calypso in Guyana