Calypsos From Trinidad

Calypsos From Trinidad | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (December 2, 1993)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Arhoolie Records
• ASIN: B0000023TA
• Also Available in: MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #340,252 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)
  • #75 in Music > World Music > Caribbean & Cuba > Trinidad

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8 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars History Can Be Fun, November 5, 2001

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"thebigoh" (Up Above the World) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Calypsos From Trinidad (Audio CD)

As a passionate devotee of original Jamaican ska and its various offshoots, I was quite delghted to obtain this collection of primal calypsos from the land where this musical form originated. Trinidad rarely gets the credit for being a cradle of Caribbean music, but it unquestionably is just that. This music migrated to Jamaica and conjugated with mento to give birth to ska and then dancehall and rocksteady and then reggae. These tunes are so lyrically direct that you may need to read some Trinidadian history to truly appreciate them. As music goes, you can compare this to American folk of the fifties and early sixties and it stacks up quite well... and it came long before Pete Seeger and the Weavers were pushing their obvious political envelopes. This is political music at its most obvious. What's great about it is it spawned something less poltical, more listenable and ultimately more important... SKA.
This CD is great to have. Listening to it is like reading a good book. Bask in its significance historically, but don't expect it to be anything but a terribly important history lesson. You won't put it on for party guests. But you will like it for the right reasons. I'm the Big Oh and I need to go to Trinidad and visit the bird sanctuary and listen to some calypsos and drink some good rum.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A delight, October 2, 2008

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Nina Shishkoff "mycologist" (Mount Airy, MD) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Calypsos From Trinidad (Audio CD)

There's nothing more enjoyable than listening to calypsos while learning history, is there? Is there?