A stellar line-up of regional calypso legends, including 95-year-old Lord Nelson, will headline the fourth annual One Caribbean concert at the Wildey Gymnasium on Saturday, as organisers intensify efforts to revive and sustain the art form across generations.

At Friday’s media launch at the Hilton Barbados Resort, veteran entertainer Ras Iley said the event was created to help preserve and revive the calypso art form while showcasing some of the region’s most celebrated performers.

“The generation that I came up in, the people felt as though there’s nothing more for them because everybody went on a particular road and the kaiso ain’t really travelling like it used to,” he told reporters. “Having this Ras Iley and Friends every year is reviving the art form.”