Every day (we hope) The Oregonian Music Blog will post a song of the day for you to enjoy. It might be a new song or just be an excuse to geek out over our favorite bands. But it will always be worth ...

The nom de plume The Mighty Sparrow has proven apt for Slinger Francisco. The singer’s birthplace — Grand Roy, Grenada, a country village better known for crops than calypso — is as unassuming as his ...

In the new simple-but-effective clip for Ted Leo and the Pharmacists' "The Mighty Sparrow"-- the opening burst from their excellent LP, The Brutalist Bricks-- the guys play against a white background ...

He's been assembling finely tuned pop-punk anthems for years, but songwriter Ted Leo still sings as if it's his first day on the job. Leo just released his sixth album with his longtime band The ...

The Mighty Sparrow — the now-legendary calypsonian who burst on the Caribbean music scene in 1956 and soared into music history — is the subject of the free “Just Like That, Sparrow Turned 80” ...

Ted Leo's best songs don't waste time with build-ups, come-downs, or anything as glib as a "tease." Instead, their melodies immediately introduce themselves, as if Leo and his revolving-door gang were ...

Our Latin Roots segment today is with Ernesto Lechner of the syndicated radio show The Latin Alternative. He joins us to talk about The Mighty Sparrow, a musical giant who has been a defining force in ...

Slinger Francisco better known as THE MIGHTY SPARROW affectionately dubbed The Birdie is the unrivalled Calypso King of the World with a career that spans over 40 years and counting This artist par ...

The Calypso King of the World, Mighty Sparrow, will headline today's Summit of Culture taking place at the Queen's Park Savannah, Port of Spain. Sparrow, who performed at Friday's Panyard Sensations ...