Barbados music in the 20th century: the rise of calypso
The Calypso music came from Trinidad in the early 20 th century but had little local fans with only few Barbadian Calypsonian emerging an...
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The
Calypso music came from Trinidad in the early 20th century but had
little local fans with only few Barbadian Calypsonian emerging and they include
the Da Costa Allamby and Mighty Charmer. In the beginning of 1940’s, when the
crop over festival was cancelled due to the refusal of the sugarcane company,
Barbados witnessed the influx of popular music from other countries such as the
United State, United kingdom, Jamaica and Cuba.
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After,
the independence in 1966, the Barbadian Calypso became more popular especially
the white bands of the Merrymen. Jackie Opel, a Barbadian singer was among the
rising stars and plays a blend of calypso and reggae that evolved into spouge
music. Spouge was immensely fame in Barbados from 1969 to 1973 when the Crop over
Festival was revived; featuring calypso competitions and this resulted in the
growth of calypso’s, and it rapidly overtook spouge and other genres with only
dub music achieving equal stature.
