Op­po­si­tion Leader Pen­ne­lope Beck­les is ques­tion­ing whether the tim­ing of Slinger “Mighty Spar­row” Fran­cis­co’s state-as­sist­ed fu­ner­al on Oc­to­ber 16 is an at­tempt by the Gov­ern­ment ...

The body of legendary calypsonian Dr. Slinger “Mighty Sparrow” Francisco has returned to Trinidad and Tobago ahead of a state-assisted funeral to honour the life and legacy of one of the Caribbean’s most influential musical figures. Sparrow’s body arrived at Piarco International Airport on Tuesday, October 6, aboard Caribbean Airlines Flight 521 from New York. […]

The Caribbean has lost one of its most distinctive voices. Mighty Sparrow, born Slinger Francisco in Grenada in 1935, died on September 27, 2026, in New York at the age of 91. Raised in Trinidad and Tobago, he went on to become one of the greatest and most influential calypsonians in Caribbean history. Sparrow began performing as a young man and rose to prominence in the 1950s.

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USA Charge d’Affaires Margaret B. Diop with the Mighty Sparrow Date 14 January 2015. Author U.S. Embassy Trinidad and Tobago By BlackPressUSA Newswire NEW YORK — For anyone raised in the Caribbean, or in a Brooklyn, Bronx, or Queens household where the radio stayed tuned to home, there was never a time without the Mighty Sparrow. His voice was simply part of the furniture of our lives: at Carnival, at weddings, at Sunday lunch, in the car on the way to JFK.

The real traitors and them are all high in society, yet the government protecting all ah dem. Penalizing you and me Million ways they violate the law, the same good, no good bastards oppress the poor...

from the album This is Sparrow

from the album Pussy Cat Party

door Steven Seedo PARAMARIBO — De legendarische calypsozanger Dr. Slinger ‘Mighty Sparrow’ Francisco krijgt van Trinidad en Tobago een door

Fam­i­ly, friends and ad­mir­ers of Ca­lyp­so King of the World Slinger Fran­cis­co, bet­ter known as the Mighty Spar­row, cel­e­brat­ed the man be­hind the leg­end at a memo­r­i­al ser­vice in New Yo...

Veteran Trinidad and Tobago promoter Randy Glasgow has renewed his call for the Grand Stand at the Queen’s Park Savannah to be renamed in honor of calypso legend Slinger “Mighty Sparrow” Francisco, following the entertainer’s death at age 91. Glasgow first proposed the tribute several months ago and has now urged authorities to give the idea renewed consideration. He called […]

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