First Flight: Early Calypsos from the Emory Cook Collection
Released: Oct 25, 2005
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Released: Oct 25, 2005
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True calypso masks hard, unflinching social commentary in bright melodies and rhythms, and although it is very much a dance music, its infatuation with sexuality, cultural inequities, street...
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Sweet Talk: Millennium Series
Released: Jun 5, 2001
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Released: Jun 5, 2001
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Sweet Talk is a 15-track collection from Mighty Sparrow's 35-volume Millennium Series (number 11). One of the true kings of calypso, Sparrow puts his smooth baritone to a host of soul and R&B tunes...
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Humorous: Millennium Series
Released: Jun 5, 2001
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Released: Jun 5, 2001
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Calypso is much more than a dance music in its native Trinidad, where it functions as a kind of up-to-date gossip sheet full of sharp social and political satire. The foremost practitioner of this...
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