Kobo Town /Calypso, Reggae, from Canada/

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Интересный коллектив из Торонто (штат Онтарио), играющий калипсо и реггей, одни из немногих адептов жанра в этой сытой стране ))
дебютный альбом, очень приятный, лето то се, думаю в тему будет)

инфа на аглицком, честно лень переводить) и так все понятно вроде

Цитата:

Founded by bandleader Drew Gonsalves, Kobo Town is named after the historic neighborhood in Port-of-Spain, Trinidad, where traditional calypso (kaiso) was born amid the boastful, humourous and militant chants of the roaming stickfighters. Situated near the fishermen’s wharf, the area was a site of constant defiance and conflict, a place where sticks and stones, songs and verses clashed with the bayonets and batons of colonial rule. For the members of the eight-piece outfit, the name suggests an origin as well as a destination. Exploring the rich lyrical tradition and compelling rhythms of calypso’s formative years – the age of the Roaring Lion, Mighty Spoiler, Lord Invader, King Radio and Attila the Hun – Kobo Town strives to demonstrate the contemporary relevance of their art by engaging the pressing concerns of our time. Domestic violence, the US war on Iraq, the paradoxes of globalization, the ongoing state of Caribbean dependency, and the bittersweet experience of immigration are all treated within their wide and varied repertory. For Kobo Town, Trinidad’s musical heritage is a living, growing body of work, with a continuing importance in their lives, the West Indies and the world. While exploring new sounds and arrangements, their songs resonate with the satire, storytelling and social concern that lie at the center of Trinidad’s national art.

www.myspace.com/kobotown

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И вот спустя 7 лет эта замечательная группа выпускает свой второй альбом Jumbie In The Jukebox. Внутри нас ждет тот же замечательный ямайско-тринидадский микс, который не оставит равнодушным поклонников жанров. Это реально классная группа, слушаешь и радуешься )

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https://www.kobotown.com/
https://www.facebook.com/kobotown/

Kobo Town - Independence (2006)
108 mb, 320 kbps

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Kobo Town - Jumbie In The Jukebox (2013)
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Artist.........: Kobo Town
Album..........: Where the Galleon Sank
Year...........: 2017
Bitrate........: 128kbps
Size...........: 42mo

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[Romanich]

Artist.........: Kobo Town
Album..........: Carnival of the Ghosts
Year...........: 2022
Bitrate........: 320 kbps
Size...........: 71 mb

Comment........:

Release Date: April 8, 2022. Label: Stonetree Records. Total Length: 29:33. Kobo Town continues to redefine calypso music and pushes the boundaries of the Caribbean sound with its fourth album, CARNIVAL OF THE GHOSTS. Behind the running social commentary and satirical mood, this is a collection of songs about the human condition – about our quirks and foibles, our anxieties and hopes, and the haunting sense of impermanence that imbues our every moment with its urgency and priceless worth.

A few years ago, I was riding the metro in Paris to a recording session when at one stop an old fiddler stepped into the subway car and regaled its passengers with a medley of rousing tunes. He played his jigs and reels with great technical dexterity and a tasteful dramatic flair, dancing and tapping his feet all the while. For all his effort and ability, no one even looked up. In fact, so completely was he ignored, that he seemed to me like a ghost out of the past. I imagined that in his grey cap and overcoat, that he was indeed a spirit come back to playfully tease us out of our dull and joyless modernity. Then again, I pondered, maybe he was indeed the living man, and we the shades lurking in the dim self-absorbed Hades of our own making – in a place as devoid of purpose as it is of pageantry. Now, this may be a very unfair takeaway – perhaps it was familiarity which left the old fiddler without an attentive audience and the underground commuters were hearing this particular tune for the thousandth time. Whatever the case, the contrast between this smiling, dancing fiddler and the lifeless crowd of us on that subterranean train made me think many thoughts: of the sense of wonder and how easily it fades among the worries and cares that beset us all; of how important it is to rekindle it and to remain open to the spontaneous moments of grace which will intrude upon the fixed habits and routines of our lives if we will only let them.

While much of my writing has been inspired by the history that has shaped the Caribbean and its diaspora, leaving its marks and scars and in all our manners and doings, this album takes a wider look at our human condition - here the lingering past is not just beneath the surface of the present, it is also something we are all quickly becoming a part of. Some of the songs offer a running commentary on our quirks and foibles, about the misuse of power and rush to judgement, about the stubborn tendency to always want what we don’t have, and about how an easy determinism and a casual purposelessness leave us living lives suspended between anxiety and inaction. But the common thread running through all is a feeling of impermanence: this is an album about the swift passing of time, the unceasing rhythm of that clock whose swinging pendulum marks the moods and movements of any age, which humbles our greatest endeavours and endows every fleeting moment with a value beyond measure. https://afropop.org/articles/drew-go...-calypso-music https://www.newmodelradio.sk/en/kobo...val-of-ghosts/

Tracklist......:

1. Shades of the Living
2. Carnival of the Ghosts
3. The Grass is Greener
4. Down by the Water
5. The Hidden Hand
6. One by One
7. Time
8. Here by Chance
9. Bourne's Road
10. Along the Way

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