Word: calypsos
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...very idea that a British frigate might be bringing a landing force to storm the tiny Caribbean island of Anguilla sounded like the plot of a preposterous comic opera set to a calypso beat. But to Anguillans, the three-month-old revolt that took them out of the British-sponsored federation of St. Kitts-Nevis-Anguilla is no joke. All week armed guards patrolled the white beaches, awaiting attack...
...islands' capital city, as well as ancient forts and quaint Danish architecture. St. Croix, quieter and less populated, boasts a rain forest and an arid, cactus-studded bluff, wildlife (deer, quail), a profusion of tropical fruit from papaya to pineapples, a golf course, and old plantations with such calypso names as "Slob," "Humbug" and "Jealousy." St. John remains mostly unsettled, its rugged terrain a protected national park; but for the wealthy it has the Rockefellers' exclusive resort at Cancel Bay, where two recent visitors were Lady Bird and Lynda Johnson...
...CALYPSO IN BRASS (RCA Victor). The Tijuana Brass burnished the sound of the Mexican mariachi band, and now Harry Belafonte has added the alloy to the music of the Caribbean. Belafonte's personal exuberance, however, triumph over the instrumentation. The accent in the album is definitely on calypso, as in Cocoanut Woman and The Naughty Little Flea...
...Independence is good for my country We have no sugar, but we got tourism Papa Bird is the Moses of Antigua. The "Papa Bird" celebrated in this popular calypso song is Vere Cornell Bird, a mulatto who for two decades has been the prophet of Antiguan independence. Ever since Britain began the evacuation of empire, even the tiniest of its island colonies in the West Indian crescent has craved recognition of its separate identity. Last week Britain granted "associated statehood"-something above colonial status but below independence-not only to Antigua but also to Grenada, St. Lucia, Dominica...
Unlike his grim-faced contemporaries, Lloyd is not at odds with the square world. Communication is his prime concern, and he achieves it by drawing freely on a wide variety of styles-from calypso to hootchy-kootchy, from Bartok to Indian ragas. When he tries to describe what he is doing, though, his talk tends to get lost in shifting rhythms. "Music is like breathing," he says. "When one is and when one breathes and says to the world, T'm here,' there's something quite cosmic about it. We're all here. All in harmony...