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Calypso Carnival 1936-1941

Calypso Carnival 1936-1941

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Twenty-five classic performances from the golden age of Trinidadian calypso. A good-timey music on the surface, much of calypso's depth comes from the incisive intellect and verbal wit of its master vocalists. "Calypso traditionally takes a jaundiced view of life. Though praise is meted out when deserved, calypsonians normally assume a stance somewhere between reporter, editorialist, moralist and satirist. . . . Lion, Tiger, Atilla, Executor, Invader and Radio were power namestaken by calypsonians as compensation for their status at the bottom of the social and economic ladder." --from Dick Spottswood's liner notes
Product details
Release Date:
1995-02-10
Publication Date:
1995-02-10
Publisher:
Rounder (in-Akustik)
Languages:
Original: English
Weight:
100 g
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