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Guyanese-born musicians who developed their musical careers abroad include Mad Professor (Neil Fraser). Fraser created Ariwa Records in 1979 and became a central figure in the UK dub scene as a prolific producer of dub and an originator of the "Lovers Rock" genre in the early 1980s. Rapper Central Cee is of British-Guyanese descent. [8]
Rodway was a music teacher at the St. Ambrose Primary School in Alberttown, Georgetown for many years. [18] She composed some of the country's most recognized cultural and patriotic songs [16] and has been considered Guyana's greatest composer of national music. [1]
This is a list of notable Guyanese. This list includes people born in Guyana , notably of Guyanese descent, or otherwise strongly associated to Guyana. This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness.
Guyana's musical tradition is a mix of African, Indian, European, and Latin elements. The most popular type of music is Calypso and its offshoots and mixes, like in other parts of the Eastern Caribbean. The various types of popular music include reggae, calypso, chutney, Soca, local Guyanese soca-chutney and Bollywood film songs (or Indian music).
Keith Waithe is a Guyana-born musician, composer and teacher who has been based in the United Kingdom since 1977. [1] He is best known as a flautist and founder of the Macusi Players – a world music [2] jazz band whose name derives from the indigenous Guyanese Macushi people – and has been "acknowledged as the best flute player that Guyana has ever produced". [1]
Albums by Guyanese artists (1 C) F. Music festivals in Guyana (1 C, 1 P) I. ... Pages in category "Music of Guyana" The following 6 pages are in this category, out of ...
Shanto is a form of Guyanese music, related to both calypso and mento. [1] It became a major part of early popular music through its use in Guyanese vaudeville shows; songs are topical and light-hearted, often accompanied by a guitar. [2] The word "shanto" is a conflation of "shanty" - the term used in Guyana for work songs - and "calypso".
Although citizens make up the majority of Guyanese, there is a substantial number of Guyanese expatriates, dual citizens and descendants living worldwide, chiefly elsewhere in the Anglosphere. Located on the northern coast of South America, Guyana is part of the main land Caribbean which is part of the historical British West Indies .