Caribbean music

by Adèle and Chedna

Today

Artists

Genres

Instruments

History

Caribbean music

West Midland, a popular ska group

Genre

The most common genre : - Reggae, Calypso, Ska, Quelbe and Rocksteady - There are more than 30 different genres in the caribbean - Calypso is related to carnival times. The lyrics have an important social and political revelancy - Reggae is the mixture of comptemporary sounds of north american rock and soul - Quelbe is the mixing of musical cultures in the U.S. virgin island and England

Instruments

- Organ, guitar, synthesizer and drums - Conga is a latin instruments - Important use of bass instruments to complete with the percussions - A lot of percussion to create polyrhythms = from latin music - The voice is used as an instrument to create call and response invocations - Very complex instrumentals with simple but meaningful lyrics

Bob Marley and the Wailers

Artists

From Barbados :Alison hinds, Arturo Tappin, Denis Bovel From Jamaica: Bob Marley, The Aces, Peter Tosh Most musicians are in bands because it is the way of enjoying music in the caribbeans. Music is seen more as a philosophy meant to be enjoyed and shared. Also bands are more practical since the caribbean music requires a lot of different instruments.

- Rich music because of its diverse roots - Music is linked to socio-cultural events - African, european, indigenous and latin influence -Abolition of slavery helped the development of music - Music is symbol of freedom and happiness after slavery - Creation of a neo african culture = culture unites people = creation of a resistance among the slaves

History

Spice receving the award of best female artist

What about today ?

- First edition of the caribbean music awards in september 2023. It's the first ceremony awarding caribbean music. It takes place in NYC and not in the caribbean, which is criticised.goal of the event = promote, acknowledge and contribute to the musical culture of the caribbean.- Kabaka Pyramid has a grammy for the best reggae album = shows that reggae is worldwildly known and acknowledged. He recived the impact award and the album of the year award at the caribbean music award. -Niki Minaj received the best colaboration award for her song with Skeng Likkle Miss -Now caribbean music is more and more famous - The instrumentals are more and more electronic especially in calypso.