Mentioning calypso, many will still spontaneously think of Harry Belafonte, who, with hits like 'Matilda' or 'Banana Boat Song' made a commercial version of the genre gain worldwide popularity. The real roots of calypso can be traced to Trinidad where artists like Lord Melody and Lord Kitchener were doing pioneering work as early as the 1950s, but the uncrowned king of the genre is without the slightest doubt Winston Martin aka Mighty Sparrow. Sparrow has been around for more than four decades and his tunes can roughly be divided into three categories: social comments like 'Ah Diggin Horrors' (about the hard life in Trinidad) or 'Kennedy And Kruschev' (about the Cuban missile crisis), party songs like 'Calypso Boogaloo' and 'Dancehall Brawl' and, of course, love songs like 'Oriental Touch' (in which Sparrow falls in love with a Japanese geisha), 'Sweet Loving' and the more risqué 'Big Bamboo'. Essential collection for those who want to know what real calypso is all about!