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Harry Belafonte, a Jamaican-American pop-calypso singer in 1954. Caribbean music genres are very diverse. They are each synthesis of African, European, Arab, Asian and Indigenous influences, largely created by descendants of African slaves (see Afro-Caribbean music), along with contributions from other communities (such as Indo-Caribbean music).
This is a list of notable recording artists known for performing various types of Caribbean music. Antigua and Barbuda. Burning Flames; El-A-Kru; The Bahamas
Afro-Caribbean music is a broad term for music styles originating in the Caribbean from the African diaspora. [1] These types of music usually have West African/Central African influence because of the presence and history of African people and their descendants living in the Caribbean, as a result of the trans-Atlantic slave trade. [2]
The music of the Lesser Antilles encompasses the music of this chain of small islands making up the eastern and southern portion of the West Indies. Lesser Antillean music is part of the broader category of Caribbean music; much of the folk and popular music is also a part of the Afro-American musical complex, being a mixture of African, European and indigenous American elements.
Trinidad and Tobago styles of music (7 C, 10 P) Z. Zouk (3 C, 6 P) Pages in category "Caribbean music genres" The following 21 pages are in this category, out of 21 ...
The region is located southeast of the Gulf of Mexico and North America, east of Central America, and to the north of South America. The Caribbean has produced many notable composers, who have contributed in a variety of ways to the history of Western classical music. Jan Gerard Palm, Curaçao (1831–1906) Ignacio Cervantes, Cuba (1847–1905)
A Caribbean nightclub with island-themed cocktails will debut by the end of the year north of uptown Charlotte. The Reggae Lounge expects to open in early December at 2630 Statesville Ave.Co ...
Calypso is a style of Caribbean music that originated in Trinidad and Tobago during the early to mid-19th century and spread to the rest of the Caribbean Antilles by the mid-20th century. Its rhythms can be traced back to West African Kaiso and the arrival of French planters and their slaves from the French Antilles in the 18th century.