As the Car­ni­val 2026 sea­son heats up and the year’s new so­ca tunes hit the air­waves, the Bo­cas Lit Fest will launch a new se­ries of “Kaiso Con­ver­sa­tions” fo­cused on the art of ca­lyp­so song­writ­ing, with a spe­cial event fea­tur­ing mu­si­cal icon David Rud­der.

On Tues­day, Jan­u­ary 20, Rud­der will join mu­sic crit­ic and writer Nigel A Camp­bell on stage at the pop­u­lar Kafe Blue venue on Wright­son Road, Port-of-Spain, for a con­ver­sa­tion fo­cused on ca­lyp­so lyrics, cre­ative tra­di­tions and in­flu­ences, and the lit­er­ary as­pects of the ca­lyp­son­ian’s art.

The event dou­bles as a spe­cial fundrais­er for the Bo­cas Lit Fest, whose year-round work pro­motes and de­vel­ops writ­ers and read­ers of all ages and gen­res across T&T and the wider Caribbean.