VA - Its The Rhythm We Want The Very Best Of Calypso 1914 - 1940 (2018)
WEB FLAC (tracks) / MP3 CBR 320 kbps | 46:19 | 104 Mb / 94 Mb
Genre: Funk, Ska, Reggae, Socca, Rocksteady, Soul / Label: The Viper Label
Calypso Music originates from Trinidad and Tabago in the mid Nineteenth Century yet its rhythms can be traced back to West African Kaiso and the arrival of French planters and their slaves from the French Antilles in the 18th century. As English replaced “patois” (Antillian Creole) as the dominant language, calypso migrated into English, and in so doing it attracted more attention from the government -it allowed the masses through music to challenge the doings of the unelected Governor and Legislative town Councils. Calypso has since gone on to inspire many other musical genres including: Ska, Reggae, Socca, Rocksteady, Soul and Funk. Here at Viper we have selected some of the finest exponents of the genre from the first half of the Twentieth Century – Listen to the great: ‘Lord Executor’ ‘Atilla The Hun’ or ‘The Roaring Lion’ tell us with great aplomb about the trials, folk tales and tribulations of Caribbean living!