The Call of Caribbean Calypso

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Heard On The Odyssey Series
Putumayo Records, Calypso Album Cover

Calypso is a style of Afro Caribbean music originating throughout the Caribbean, but particularly in Venezuela, Trinidad and Tobago during the early to mid-20th century with rhythms however, that linked back to West African and the arrival of French planters with their enslaved human cargo from the French Antilles in the 18th century…

Episode Credits

  • About Executive Producer and host, Dr. Jonathan Øverby Host
  • Joe Hardtke Technical Director

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