Jack, I understand what you are saying about "If you are in a big multicultural city there should be a practicing calypso performer or two around." The problem is that I don't know of any calypso performers (by that I mean calypsonians) in the city where I live in Australia- Sydney, which is big and multicultural. There seem to be a few calypso bands around but from the descriptions (I searched on Google for "calypso singing scene Sydney"), they seem to specialise in providing party music. I guess I'll have to ask my singing or piano teacher.