Various Artists - Calypso Legends - Music & Performance - CD
Product details
| Management number | 254246579 | Release Date | 2026/11/07 | List Price | US$7.60 | Model Number | 254246579 | ||
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The first mention of calypso comes from a dance described by Abbe Masse in 1882. Otherwise, most scholars who have tried to trace the story of calypso agree that the word itself is not connected with the deity who lured Homer's Odysseus to her island. The origins of the word are unclear and scholars debate this with no definitive answer. Quick wit, knowing observation of human behavior and comment on it's absurd aspects are the bill of fare offered in calypso, which probably prompted the American periodical Time to label calypso "The Living Newspaper" in 1944. For eloquence and topical diversity, no other genre can approach the calypso of Trinidad and Tobago, for the calypsonian assumes a stance between reporter, editorialist, moralist and satirist as scandal, disaster, politics, self-praise, sexual indiscretion and everything from local to international events all prove as grist for the mill. The Mighty Duke asked in a song, "What is Calypso?" Well to start to get an idea, one has to merely listen to a song on this compilation. Let your schooling start here.
- Various Artists - Calypso Legends - Music & Performance - CD
- Music
- Arc Music
- Pop Rock
| Music genre | Pop Rock |
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| Music subgenre | Caribbean |
| Media format | CD |
| Original release date | 2019 |
| Is collectible | Y |
| Has parental advisory label | N |
| Number of discs | 1 |
| Track listing | Coming Soon! |
| Record label | Arc Music |
| Songwriter | songwriter |
| Track name | Woman Is Not the Weaker Sex, Man Smart, Woman Smarter, Yankee Dollar, Adeline, Bajan Girl, Madame Khan, Women Police, Rum & Coca Cola, Ugly as Sin, Illegitimate Children, Sam Manning, Don't Hide Him Behind the Door, Trinidad Carnival, One Morning, Move Yuh Foot, Blow Wind Blow, Treasury Scandal, Never Ever Worry, Sly Mongoose, Lizzy carry Basket, The Big Bamboo |
| Digital audio file format | CD |
| Music media format | CD |
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