List of calypso-like genres
- List of calypso-like genres
The Caribbean music area is home to a number of music genres that share certain characteristics that are often compared to the calypso music of Trinidad, and can be considered calypso-like. These genres are united by an Afro-Caribbean heritage, a vocal emphasis on rhythmic, alliterative and rhyming texts with political, complimentary, derisive, erotic, satirical or humorous tones. Puns, plays on words and allusions are common. They use rhythms derived from West Africa, with cut time, and feature dance as an important component. []
*"Tumba" is a style of Curaçao music, strongly African in origin, despite the name's origin in a 17th century Spanish dance. Traditional "tumba" is characterized by scandalous, gossiping and accusatory lyrics, but modern "tumba" often eschews such topics. It is well-known abroad, and dates to the early 19th century. It is now a part of the Carnival Road March. [cite book|author=De Ledesma, Charles and Gene Scaramuzzo|chapter=Dance-Funk Creole-Style|year=2000|editor=Broughton, Simon and Ellingham, Mark with McConnachie, James and Duane, Orla (Ed.)|title=World Music, Vol. 2: Latin & North America, Caribbean, India, Asia and Pacific"|pages=289-303|publisher=Rough Guides|id=ISBN 1-85828-636-0]
Other genres share characteristics with calypso, and may or may not share a historical relationship. The styles listed above are characterized by a common origin, several shared descriptors and similar cultural functions. Calypso has also been compared with disparate genres ranging from hip hop to samba, and has a clear historical relationship to styles like soca and rapso. The word "caliso" refers to "topical songs" in the dialect of Saint Lucia, and may be linguistically related to the word "calypso".
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