Various Artists - Discover Calypso with Arc Music - COMPACT DISCS [CD]

Album Tracks 1. La Musa Borracha 2. Mamito's Calypso 3. Frapé Tig-Bang 4. Chicharra 5. Barbados Carnival 6. Kongo 7. Llano Grande 8. San Miguel y San Santiago 9. Amor Por Las Carretas 10. Song of Freedom 11. Si Tu Me Quieres 12. Cuando, Cuando, Cuando 13. Muchachita Sabanera 14. Watermelon Spoilin'/Here I Go Walkin' 15. Tengo Un Son

The first mention of calypso comes from a dance described by Abbe Masse in 1882. Otherwise, most scholars who have tried to trace the story of calypso agree that the word itself is not connected with the deity who lured Homer's Odysseus to her island. The origins of the word are unclear and scholars debate this with no definitive answer. The name possibly began with the French 'carrouseaux' and went through patois and Anglicization. There are also suggestions that the name originated with exclamations of encouragement to the singer by the chorus or audience or both. But whatever process brought the word into everyday use, the point is that calypso is here. Quick wit, knowing observation of human behavior, and comment on it's absurd aspects are the bill of fare offered in calypso, which probably prompted Time to tag calypso InchThe Living NewspaperInch in 1944. For eloquence and topical diversity, no other genre can approach the calypso of Trinidad and Tobago, for the calypsonian assumes a stance between editorialist, moralist, and satirist as scandal, disaster, politics, self-praise, sexual indiscretion and everything from local to international events prove as grist for the mill. Album Tracks 1. Mary Ann 2. Ugly Woman 3. Arima Tonight, Sangre Grande, Tomorrow Night 4. Caroni Swamp 5. Stone Cold Dead in the Market 6. Caroline 7. The Lost Watch 8. Germaine 9. Congo Bara 10. Fire Brigade 11. Uncle Jo's Gimme Mo' 12. Lieuttenant Julian 13. Mathilda 14. Scandal in the Family 15. Jouvert Barrio 16. Good Night Ladies and Gents 17. Saxophone Number I 18. Rum & Coca Cola

Album Tracks 1. Calypso Invasion 2. Osine O DÉ 3. Mami Watta 4. Africa 5. Jumbie Jamboree 6. Trinidad Is the Place for Me 7. Olomia 8. Shango (Fed a Ray) 9. I Don't Know How Di Young Men Livin' 10. Mamito's Calypso 11. J'ouvert Barre Oh 12. Congo Bara 13. Under Di Mango Tree 14. Down Da Road 15. Exploiting 16. King Selewa's Tribute