Word: junkanoo
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...Bahamas celebrate Boxing Day with a street parade and festival called Junkanoo, in which traditional rhythmic dancers called gombeys fill the streets with their elaborate costumes and headdresses...
...right. The original version was a soca (soulful calypso), a horn-heavy, up-tempo form that is played at Caribbean carnivals across the U.S. every summer but has never really caught on. When Baha Men finally recorded Dogs, they explored beats more familiar to American audiences--throwing in some junkanoo (Bahamian festival music) percussion to give it their signature flair. The result is the catchy rendition you've heard so often: urban, with an echo of the islands. The rest of the CD cleverly vamps on this formula, with the Men at their best when they stay true to Caribbean...
...probably right. The original version was a soca (soulful calypso), a horn-heavy, uptempo form that is played at Caribbean carnivals across the U.S. every summer but has never really caught on. When Baha Men finally recorded "Dogs," they explored beats more familiar to American audiences - throwing in some junkanoo (Bahamian festival music) percussion to give it their signature flair. The result is the catchy rendition you've heard so often: urban, with an echo of the islands. The rest of the CD cleverly vamps on this formula, with the Men at their best when they stay true to Caribbean...
...school." She asked him to see her act, "because when I take my clothes off, I don't think I do it in a dirty way." Despite their disagreement, Annabella remains on good terms with both Wilbur and his wife. They all went dancing at Washington's Junkanoo restaurant before she left for Boston. "Mrs. Mills is a very, very nice lady," declared Anna loyally. "We all play bridge together. She and I are partners and Mr. Mills sits across from the dummy...
...When Mrs. Sanchez recently decided to return to Argentina, the Millses resolved to honor her with a Sunday evening bon voyage party. But Mrs. Mills had broken her foot. Said Mills: "She insisted that I take our friends to a public place we had frequented before." It was the Junkanoo, a restaurant with Polynesian decor, whose manager recalled having seen Mills and Fanne there twice in recent months. The Mills party left the restaurant at 9 p.m. on Sunday...