Caribbean Music

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In 1956, Harry Belafonte recorded his Calypso song, the famous ‘Banana Boat Song’ probably the most internationally well known calypso song in all time. His Calypso album also became the first album ever to sell over one million copies. Today, calypso music has expanded to a religious setting. According to an article written by Michael Troussant, “A classical referent is the rhythmic redefinition accompanying the rendition of traditional hymns and praise songs by Shouter Baptist and Shango Baptist congregations of Trinidad during worship. There is a tendency of individual singers to begin singing from any point in a bar of music, on the so-called “wrong” beat or accent, and to maintain their individual phrases “
Another popular form of Caribbean music styles is called Reggae. It was originated during the 1960’s in Jamaica. The term reggae is said to have had a major influence of a particular music style that originated the development of ska and rocksteady (which are ...

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artist Jah Fabio, for example, collects on his album Rasta para ti a variety of Latin American voices and messages from Mexico to Chile, including Cuba. Moreover, Kaweskar (Chile) is not alone on his CD Taksu (2006) but also features among the Cuban voices that of Principe Carlos from the band Insurrectos (The Insurgent), now renamed Herencia (Legacy) “. This was an extremely informational article of how the roots of reggae stemmed out to the neighboring nations.
The diverse musical familiarity extends throughout all of the Caribbean islands and also throughout the mainland. Another popular form of Caribbean music is called Soca, a more modern and up-beat musical style that comes ...

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