Caribbean Currents: Caribbean Music from Rumba to Reggae - Brossura

Manuel, Peter; Bilby, Kenneth; Largey, Michael

 
9781592134632: Caribbean Currents: Caribbean Music from Rumba to Reggae

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Music is the most popular and dynamic aspect of Caribbean expressive culture. From the well-known genres-salsa, merengue, reggae, calypso, and bachata-to more localized forms like chutney and kaseko, this wide-ranging book surveys Caribbean music's prodigious diversity and colorful history. Enhanced with numerous illustrations and musical examples, Caribbean Currents is an up-to-date overview of the region's music, covering Cuba, Puerto Rico, the Dominican Republic, Haiti, Jamaica, Trinidad, Suriname, and smaller islands like Martinique and Guadeloupe. Engaging descriptions of musical forms and innovations, festivals and dance halls, as well as musicians and fans, are situated inThis revised and expanded version features: * Twenty-seven new illustrations * Recent developments in the region's music, such as the emergence of reggaet\u00f3n and timba * A new and extensive study of Jamaican dancehall

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9781592134625: Caribbean Currents: Caribbean Music from Rumba to Reggae

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ISBN 10:  1592134629 ISBN 13:  9781592134625
Casa editrice: Temple Univ Pr, 2001
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