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About The Rough Guide To Calypso And Soca
Product Description Take a trip to Trinidad - the last island of the Caribbean archipelago - and enjoy the most exciting Carnival of the Caribbean with this marvellous compilation. From the great laid-back beat of the traditional song form calypso to its modern, upbeat relative soca, this Rough Guide brings Carnival to life with a great selection of classic tracks. It also introduces rapso, the thumping sound of today's youth vibe. Artists include: Sharlene Boodram, David Rudder, Lord Pretender, The Mighty Sparrow, Kitchener, 3 Canal, Shadow, Andre Tanker and Singing Sandra Amazon.com "Calling all the yuppies and soldiers," chants soca star in "Caribbean Party." "All the dispossessed and the gangsters too." Part and part , Rudder perfectly captures the real-life bacchanal spirit of Trinidad's Carnival, where most calypso and soca hits are initially spun. This nonstop festival of a collection mixes up such venerable calypso stars as Lord Pretender and the Mighty Sparrow with soca upstarts like Rudder, Chris "Tambu" Herbert, and Shadow. For several years there has been a certain tension between advocates of hard-core "wine and jam" partiers like Ajala (who sings, "I wanna bend down and lick it/I wanna flex and kick it") and more socially conscious performers like "rapso" star and Singing Sandra ("Voices from the Ghetto"). But this party--with its scrappy metal percussionists, bass maniacs, and overall Carnival fanaticism--is big enough to satisfy all factions. --Richard Gehr
