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This is a list of notable recording artists known for performing various types of Caribbean music. Antigua and Barbuda ... List of Caribbean music groups.
The music of Jamaica includes Jamaican folk music and many popular genres, such as mento, ska, rocksteady, reggae, dub music, dancehall, reggae fusion and related styles. Mento, often considered Jamaica's first popular music genre, developed in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
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Ajamu [1]; André Toussaint; Anslem Douglas; Arrow; Atilla the Hun; Black Stalin; Byron Lee & the Dragonaires; Calypso Rose; Chalkdust; Charles D. Lewis; Crazy; Lord ...
The origins of soca date back to 1973 and can be linked to one man: Lord Shorty. A calypso artist born in Trinidad, Lord Shorty decided to infuse the rhythms of East India with that of West Africa ...
As roots music's popularity waned in Jamaica in the 1980s, soundsystems such as Jah Shaka kept the faith in the UK, influencing a new generation of producers, soundsystems and artists, including The Disciples, Irration Steppas, Jah Warrior and The Rootsman. This scene has been referred to as "UK Dub".
Harry Belafonte, a calypso-popularizing music legend and tireless civil rights activist, died at 96 of congestive heart failure today (April 25) at his Manhattan home. Belafonte was the world’s ...
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.