The hunt for a calypso king's lost music
Costa Rica's 100-year-old calypso king and the worldwide search for his lost recordings
The search for the lost music of Costa Rica's King of Calypso. Walter Ferguson spent many years serenading people with his songs, and recording individual cassettes for adoring fans, but they were often the only recordings of his work. Much later a music producer realised all those cassettes contained one-off musical treasures and so began an international campaign to find Walter's lost songs.
Presenter: Clayton Conn
Producer: Clayton Conn and Andrea Kennedy
Picture: The hunt for Walter Ferguson's lost tapes
Credit: Guillermo Badilla / Niels Werdenberg
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