Discover Calypso

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Label
ARC Music
Release Date
July 31, 2015
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    Featuring ⌄
    • COMPOSER
      SPAN DIAZ HIGGS DUVALIERA
    • PERFORMER
      Blind Blake, Calypso Mama, Steelasophica, King Selewa & His Calypsonians, Toussaint, Taylor
    Product Details ⌄
    • RELEASE DATE
      July 31, 2015
    • UPC
      5019396259829
    • CATALOG NUMBER
      EUCD2598
    • LABEL
      ARC Music
    • NUMBER OF DISCS
      1
    Works ⌄

    1. Matilda

      Composer: Norman Span

      Ensemble: Calypso Eddie

    2. Africa

      Composer: Traditional

      Ensemble: King Selewa & His Calypsonians

    3. Brown Skin Gal (Mary Ann)

      Composer: Blind Blake

      Performer: Blind Blake

    4. Court House Scandal

      Composer: Maureen DuValeria

      Ensemble: Calypso Mama

    5. Mary Ann

      Composer: Terry Gilkyson, Frank Miller, Richard Dehr

      Performer: Steelasophical

    6. Gin & Coconut Water

      Composer: Blind Blake

      Performer: Blind Blake

    7. Trinidad Is the Place for Me

      Composer: King Selewa

      Ensemble: King Selewa & His Calypsonians

    8. Jumbie Jamboree

      Composer: H. McNair

      Ensemble: King Selewa & His Calypsonians

    9. The Bedbug Song

      Composer: Alwyn Richards, Irving Brown

      Ensemble: Brownie

    10. Leon Morgan

      Composer: King Selewa

      Ensemble: King Selewa & His Calypsonians

    11. Back to mi Home

      Composer: King Selewa, Abourraka

      Ensemble: King Selewa & His Calypsonians

    12. Island in the Sun

      Composer: Harry Belafonte, Lord Burgess

      Performer: Steelasophical

    13. De Pig an' Goat

      Composer: Blind Blake

      Performer: Blind Blake

    14. Calypso Invasion

      Composer: Cecil Anderson

      Ensemble: King Selewa & His Calypsonians

    15. De Peas 'n' de Rice

      Composer: Maureen DuValeria

      Ensemble: Calypso Mama

    16. Pan solo

      Composer: Gary Trotman

      Performer: Steelasophical

    17. J'ouvert Barre Oh

      Composer: H. R. Charles

      Ensemble: King Selewa & His Calypsonians

    18. Hold 'em Joe

      Composer: Roy Thomas

      Performer: Andre Toussaint

    19. Osine o Dé

      Composer: H. R. Charles

      Ensemble: King Selewa & His Calypsonians

    20. Lizzie Carry Basket

      Composer: John Berkeley Taylor

      Performer: Peanuts Taylor

    21. Fever

      Composer: Lord Kitchener

      Performer: Steelasophical

    22. Mami Wata

      Composer: King Selewa

      Ensemble: King Selewa & His Calypsonians

    23. Yellow Bird

      Composer: Norman Luboff, Marilyn Keith Bergman

      Performer: Andre Toussaint


In the tradition of the West Africa griots and the ancient Greek epic poets / storytellers, calypso music has long provided a form of social commentary for the Trinidadian and Tobagonian peoples. • Originating from the kaiso music of Western Africa and evolving with various influences over time, calypso is to Trinidad and Tobago as reggae is to Jamaica and samba is to Brazil. • Despite tackling often-serious subject matter, a calypsonian conveys it all in a humorous – sometimes bawdy – but always inherently enjoyable manner. • This collection highlights a selection of classic and modern calypsos.