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The music of Barbados includes distinctive national styles of folk and popular music, including elements of Western classical and religious music.The culture of Barbados is a syncretic mix of African and British elements, and the island's music reflects this mix through song types and styles, instrumentation, dances, and aesthetic principles.
While slavery was ongoing (1627–1838) in Barbados, African music included work songs, funereal and religious music.Though slave owners initially allowed dances, this ended in 1688 out of fear that the slaves might plan a rebellion at such festivities.
Music history of Barbados; N. National Independence Festival of Creative Arts; R. Ringbang; S. Spouge; T. Tuk band This page was last edited on 4 April 2024, at 20:35 ...
Music is an important part of the country's culture. Modern Barbados has produced popular stars of calypso music and the indigenous spouge style, and also has a large jazz scene. Reggae, soca music and tuk band are popular as well. [3]
Mizik rasin is a musical movement that began in Haïti in 1987 when musicians began combining elements of traditional Haitian Vodou ceremonial and folkloric music with rock and roll. This style of modern music reaching back to the roots of Vodou tradition came to be called mizik rasin ("roots music") in Haitian Creole or musique racine in French.
Spouge is a style of Barbadian popular music created by Jackie Opel in the 1960s. It is primarily a fusion of Jamaican ska with Trinidadian calypso, but is also influenced by a wide variety of musics from the British Isles and United States, including sea shanties, hymns, and spirituals.
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The result of this mixture of people was "African-based drum music and British folk ballads and religious songs ultimately led to the distinctively Barbadian sound of traditional tuk band music". HISTORY OF THE TUK BAND The music of the drums was brought to the island of Barbados by African slaves who arrived on the island in the mid-1600s.