John Cowley is an Honorary Fellow at the Institute of Commonwealth Studies at the University of London. He studies the history of carnivalesque and associated music in the English-speaking Caribbean. His work focuses on Trinidad and related musical diasporas in New York and London, as well as Martinique and, by extension, 1930s French and Cuban Antillean music in Paris.
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"I cannot overstate the significance of this masterly work. It makes a huge, and entirely original, contribution to several fields of study: the evolution of Trinidad's calypso music in its key formative period; the evolution of Black Caribbean musics and musical performances within the region, in the USA and in the UK; the ways in which recordings and albums of these musics were created and disseminated and how they were received; and much more." - Bridget Brereton, professor emeritus of history at the University of the West Indies, Trinidad & Tobago "John Cowley's meticulous research, authoritative narrative, and comprehensive documentation make Calypso an essential resource for anyone seriously engaged with the study of calypso, Caribbean musical traditions, and their global cultural impact. The combination of rigorous scholarship and accessibility positions this volume as both a definitive reference work and a compelling narrative for general readers." - Patricia Alleyne-Dettmers, linguistic anthropologist