Listening Picks from the Caribbean of the Month – features a review by Nigel Campbell of Celia Washington’s new music. Fyah; tooofless; and a hairy feat. Sting wound
Celia WA
fasadé (bigidi/heavenly sweetness)
Paris-born Guadeloupe musician and singer Celia Wawa has created a new genre called Karibfutursound, which fuses traditional Caribbean rhythms (including native speakers). Gwoka) Modern electronic sound, jazz, soul, hip hop. Avant-garde vision of Caribbean music – Antillian cultural heritage and “futuristic soundscape rooted in a powerful and unwavering Creole identity” serve as the base for the first full-length album of a 12-year recording career. Clayuryur’s lyrics dance through flute intertwining and Gwoca’s drums, and selective African musicianship to more broadly understand the rhythm, heritage and modern influences of the island beyond language. Lyrics that recall the unpleasant memories of alienation, like “démounaj” – Don’t forget everything they did / Don’t forget everything they took / Don’t forget everything they said / We mourn our grief – It’s a great discovery. Bèl Mizik!
Fyah
Free your real heart (Dub Locker)
Jamaican reggae bands (a combination larger than the sum of individual singer/musician parts) are premium in the modern scene despite their Grammy-winning outliers. The singer rules the roost – even symbolic. However, Fyah is backing trends in the wider reggae scene. There, non-island acts define what reggae is for a whole new generation. The conscious lyrics are mixed with trendy sounding love songs that explore connections with other genres with the global market in mind. Soul Music and Rocksonic bubbling, listening to the album’s 13 songs up and the album’s usual. Founder Delroy Hamilton said: “I love real Jamaican music deeply, but as a musician I am also grateful for other styles. You’ll hear those influences…but it’s always reggae music. That’s what I’m not trying to change.” Rather than the Paa of the course, this new album is about to reinforce the perspective for listeners. fire!
tooless
Phoenix (Self-release)
“This album is what happens when Heartbreak meets dedication and divine intervention.” TOOFLess (Timothy Dabreo) is one of a contemporary cohort of island musicians using atmosphere, adamic curiosity and technology. That being said, this candid pop album – a 25-minute song that explains that sense of jilt. Tavernka It’s a joy while balancing the hip beat that says dance In the context of what is possible in the modern Caribbean, obstacles are not hindered. Drawing the album’s nine track arc, TOOFLESS explores all aspects of being dumped without falling into the depths of despair and morbidity. You said you were gone, so I asked if you were certain/You said we need to be alone, if that’s true, let’s close this curtain. This perspective is revelation – the solution of the Caribbean ZZ. Standing up and starting over is a great attitude. Doing it on a music album is not mature. winner!
Shaggy’s feat. Sting wound
TIL A MAWNIN (Ranch Entertainment/VP Music Group)• single
Riddim is one building block of modern dance hall and reggae. Music in one bed – harmony and drums and bass rhythms – many different melodies sung. In 1979, Dennis Brown first sang about this I’m not getting clazY Riddim, and subsequent hits, used this music bed to make reggae gold. Now, Shaggy has updated Riddim with lyrics and chants celebrating sound system culture, and is his best friend, a 17-time Grammy Award winner, and with the help of Rock and Roll Hall of Fame stab wounds, he has another hit. The juxtaposed patois of shaggy chants and the smooth croon of Sting’s repeated refrains allow listeners to live in two worlds. Shaggy perfectly describes the atmosphere and atmosphere of a Jamaican dance party. Some push-up delighters, some sound deer horns… new clothes, new cars, all preparations… Selector pulls up and raises di tune and look forward at him. This is a lesson in song history and cultural capsule.
