bajan : tuk

Sons of Kemet - Breadfruit

* Photo by coreycam

chouval bwa

Dédé Saint Prix & Pakatak - Cephise



* Photo by Craig Guillot

antillais

Lola Martin - Edamise Oh!



* Photo by ZOBEL *

kréyol

SOFT - Biguine



* Photo by dorlis

papiamentu

Izaline Calister - Ki Bo Ke



* Photo by Karoly Effenburger

kaiso

Lord Kitchener - Alphonso in Town


* Photo by Paphio

repeater

Count Ossie - Sam's Intro



* Photo by Jake Homiak

tambú

Izaline Calister - Telenovela

¡africa viva!

Africando (Eugène "Shoubou," vocals) - Grog Mwin - Guantanamera

cool yule [1]

Joseph Spence - Santa Claus is Coming to Town

bachata roja

Augusto Santos - Olvida Ese Hombre



(More info. and samples here.)

scandal

Lord Caresser - Edward VIII

ska-ricua

Gary Crosby and Jazz Jamaica All Stars - Capullito de Aleli

chantwell

Wilmouth Houdini - Blow Wind Blow



* Photo by William Gottlieb

vals venezolano

Lionel Belasco - Rosa Negra

out of africa

Soaring falsetto vocals, off-kilter rhythms, chanted lyrics, floating electronics - Jamaican music doesn't get much better than The Congos. Today's track: Congoman

andros

Frederick McQueen - Sailboat Malarkey

perico ripiao

Truly frenetic merengue by Fefita La Grande - Me Pusieron/Trampa

grace notes

Christmas is officially past and gone, but I couldn't resist posting this track by the great Bahamian guitarist Joseph Spence

jazz-o-mento

Last month I posted a track written by Trinidadian composer/pianist Lionel Belasco. His music was a real find for me, and worth featuring again. The cut is a Jamaican mento song, Sly Mongoose. (And no, it's not a calypso!)



* Many thanks to Mike at Mento Music for his diligence, humo[u]r and love for the music