Music of the Cayman Islands

Music of the Anglophone Caribbean
Genres
Calypso Chutney Dancehall Dub Junkanoo Ragga Rapso Reggae Ripsaw Rocksteady Scratch Ska Soca Spouge Steelpan
Regional music
Local forms	British Caribbean Anguilla Bermuda and Montserrat Turks and Caicos Caymans UK Virgin Islands Other Anglophone islands Trinidad and Tobago and Jamaica
Related areas	Aruba and the Dutch Antilles Cuba Dominica Dominican Republic Haiti Martinique and Guadeloupe Puerto Rico Saint Lucia
v · Caribbean island chain, includes a wide selection of international pop music as well as unique folk styles. The Cayman National Cultural Foundation, established in 1984, helps to preserve and promote Cayman folk music, including the organization of festivals such as Cayman Islands International Storytelling Festival, the Cayman JazzFest, Seafarers Festival and Cayfest. There is also a Pirate's Week Festival. The Cayman JazzFest, founded in 2004, is a well-known jazz festival, that draws on the islands' "deep connection" with jazz.[1] The official national anthem of the Cayman Islands is "God Save the Queen". "Beloved Isle Cayman", words and music by organist Leila Ross-Shier is the official national song.[2] The fiddle is a popular folk instrument. Christmas music is an important part of the Cayman folk tradition, and it consists of serenading, or group singing of Christmas carols on Christmas Eve. Instruments include the fiddle, accordion, mouth organ, grater and drums.[3] There is a Cayman Music & Entertainers Association which represent local musicians' interests, and professional studios such as Hopscotch Studios offer recording and post-production services. Several local popular musicians are well-known, including the band Bona Fide Cloudburst, The Barefoot Man, Chuck and Barrie aka Sea N' B, Heat and Nicholas Johnson.[4] References "Beloved Isles Cayman". National Anthems Reference Page. http://david.national-anthems.net/ky.htm. Retrieved September 27, 2005.  "Technology is revitalising Cayman's music industry". Caymannet News. http://www.caymannetnews.com/Archive/Archive%20Articles/November%202002/Issue%20289%20Mon/Technolgy.html. Retrieved July 20, 2006.  "Cayman Jazz Fest: Smooth And Cool In The Caribbean". Jazz News. http://www.allaboutjazz.com/php/news.php?id=3750. Retrieved July 20, 2006.  "Christmas Traditions in the Cayman Islands". Caymannet News. http://www.caymannetnews.com/Archive/Archive%20Articles/December%202002/Issue%20305%20Tue/Christmas%20Traditions.html. Retrieved July 20, 2006.  Notes ^ Jazz News ^ National Anthems Reference Page ^ Christmas Traditions in the Cayman Islands ^ Technology is revitalising Cayman's music industry This article about a music genre is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.v · Categories: Anglophone Caribbean music Music of British Overseas Territories Caribbean music Music of the Cayman Islands Cayman Islands stubs Music genre stubs Wikimedia Foundation. 2010. Игры ⚽ Поможем написать реферат Richard Seymour Symbolic combinatorics Look at other dictionaries: Music of the Virgin Islands — The music of the Virgin Islands reflects long standing West Indian cultural ties to the island nations to the south, the islands African heritage and European colonial history, as well as recent North American influences. 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