What style of music is Calypso?
Calypso music is an Afro-Caribbean musical tradition that emerged in Trinidad and Tobago in the mid-19th Century. It is closely related to West African Kaiso music, as an upbeat genre based upon call-and-response singing. What Does Calypso Music Sound Like? Calypso music has a distinctive syncopated 2/4 or 4/4 rhythm. Common calypso instruments include a drum set, Latin percussion (such as bongos, congas, and timbales), bass guitar, acoustic or electric guitars, trumpets, trombones, saxophones, and multiple vocalists.
What is Calypso’s curse?
Calypso was saddened by the news and explained to Percy that she was cursed to stay on Ogygia forever by the gods because she supported her father in the First Titan War. She is also cursed to have heroes wash up on her island, wounded or hurt for her to heal. Calypso fell in love with him and offered him immortality and an idyllic paradise in exchange for staying with her and marrying her. However, Odysseus longed to return home to his wife, Penelope. Despite Odysseus’s pleas, Calypso kept him with her for seven years until the gods intervened.