Tag Archives: 1980s – 1990s

Blueboy might be probably the most loved of T&T’s calypsonians. After dominating the street March competition in the first 80s, a hard bout with personal complications removed him for some time from your big leagues. His triumphant come back in 1991 (as “Superblue”) was fulfilled with overwhelmingly positive response with …

Gregory Whitehead did a number of function in the arts. He’s most widely known for his 50 plus “radiophonic” functions, radio features which combine the human tone of voice, text, noises, and music. These radio parts had been preceded by executing in experimental movie theater and improvised music. Whitehead’s achievements …

At the start from the 1980s, it could have been simple to guess that the spark that had ignited the folk increase from the 1960s was longer since extinguished. The performers who abetted and benefited from that increase had gone in a variety of directions, many of them lowered from …

After singer Shawn Dark brown was unceremoniously fired from your Washington, D.C. emocore music group Dag Nasty, he teamed up with guitarist Jason Farrell, bassist Nathan Larson, and drummer Alex Daniels to create Swiz. Brown’s fresh group essentially integrated the melodic galloping acoustic guitar riffs of Dag Nasty with an …

A melodic hard rock-band, Phantom Blue was formed in the later ’80s simply by vocalist Gigi Hangach, guitarists Michelle Meldrum and Nicole Sofa, bassist Kim Nielsen and drummer Linda McDonald. Marty Friedman, afterwards of Megadeth, created the L.A. band’s self-titled debut for Roadrunner in 1989. He also done second album …

A Guadeloupian singer/songwriter who’s among at the very top clique of studio room music artists including Luc Leandry. Often with a sharp, highly percussive audio, but his quality of songwriting varies.

Antigua’s undisputed party professional who all pleases everyone in the Caribbean to NYC to Toronto with cowbell- and horn-driven soca. Gifted beyond compare, capable every year to compose infectious hooks with catchy lyrics. There’s not really a bad discharge by Swallow throughout his lengthy career.

Blessed Paul Petersen in Minneapolis, MN, the musician later referred to as St. Paul was inspired by his mom, who was simply an achieved pianist. At 17, Petersen became among several artists to arrive beneath the tutelage of Prince, signing up for the act enough time as keyboardist. Furthermore to …

A Guadeloupian band in the 70s cadence period, led by Man Houllier and Yves Honore (who’ve the further difference of directing the studio room band on the Henri Debs studio room in Stage … Pitre, Guadeloupe). As the band could be noticed lending their unique audio to countless effective projects …

A Martiniquan music group led by drummer, singer, and songwriter Jean-Michel Cabrimol, and among a few, including Diapason, Filpak, and Nouvelle Galaxie, that specializes in taking part in a Martiniquan edition of vintage Haitian mini-jazz. La Maafia’s albums are usually an equilibrium of uptempo dance figures and sluggish ballads graced …