The Rough Guide to Calypso and Soca

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Description: "Calling all the yuppies and soldiers," chants soca star David Rudder in "Caribbean Party." "All the dispossessed and the gangsters too." Part Bob Marley and part Village People, 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 ja ... (more)

Manufacturer: World Music Network
Release date: 6 September 1999
Number of discs: 1
EAN: 0605633104028 UPC: 605633104028

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