Wow! That is impressive and I hope you allow us to follow your progress somehow. I am not sure it's a university thing though -- surely you need to go to T&T, or anywhere else with a thriving calypso scene (Toronto springs to mind) and learn directly from the calypsonians?

Although I enjoy modern calypso, really my aim is to revive the "old time" calypso rather than to be part of the modern calypso scene. There are so many great songs which are being forgotten.

It seems to me that the character of modern calypso is different. It's very political. Look at De Fosto's "Palace State of Mind" or Cro-Cro's "Compare and Contrast". Both great songs, but they are very specific to their context. "Cat O Nine" and "Brown Skin Gal" both achieve timelessness in a way those modern songs won't.