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Episode 150: Pirates' Radio des Caraïbes

12:00pm, 6-19-2022
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I am continuing with music from the Caribbean again this week, it will be another episode of Pirates’ Radio of the Caribbean. This week I will present music from a pretty wide variety of Caribbean territories… but sound-wise the focus today will be on the music of the French West Indies: Guadeloupe, Martinique, and Haiti. My interest in this music has been a relatively recent development, only happening over the past 4 years or so… it is easy for gringos to miss this music, it lives in a blind spot for us. How interesting it is that Haiti, Guadeloupe, and Martinique are so close to us in the United States, but we never think about visiting these places, we barely know anything about them, and there has never been a breakthrough moment for their music in the US market. Today’s set is all about popular music, mostly from the 1970s. We will start off with the unique jazz sounds of biguine, a style that started in Martinique in the early twentieth century. In the second set we’ll hear how the hugely popular sounds of Cuba were interpreted in French speaking parts of the Caribbean. The third set today starts to branch out into international sounds, showing the influence of US soul and Jamaican rocksteady throughout the Caribbean. Then I’ll send it off with some uptempo sounds in the final set. Sounds from Colombia and Venezuela mingle with the French West Indies… it’s Pirates’ Radio of the Caribbean on today’s Tropicology.


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  • 12:01pm Socie Cabrite by Dolor et ses Etoiles on Antilles Mechant Bateau (Born Bad Records)
  • 12:04pm Bel' Me a Present by Gerard Valton on Antilles Mechant Bateau (Born Bad Records)
  • 12:07pm Jeines Gacons by Josiane St Louis on Antilles Mechant Bateau (Born Bad Records)
  • 12:10pm Fileo by Francisco on La Biguine-Lélé (Hit Parade)
  • 12:13pm Lele A by Francisco on La Biguine-Lélé (Hit Parade)
  • 12:16pm Lan Mise by Geno Exilie on Disques Debs International Vol. 1 (Strut Records)
  • 12:19pm Bourrique La by Dolor et ses Etoiles on Creole Love Calls - Rythmes Latins Des Antilles (Isma'a )
  • 12:22pm Pomme Te et Dachine by Geno Exilie on single (Aux Ondes)
  • 12:25pm Clair de Lune a l'Escale by La Perfecta on La Perfecta (Aux Ondes)
  • 12:28pm Son Tomboola by Henri Guedon et les Contesta on Kiki (Aux Ondes)
  • 12:31pm Esperando Por Ti by Afrosound on La Danza de los Mirlos (Vampi Soul)
  • 12:34pm Peine Indicible by La Perfecta on La Perfecta (Aux Ondes)
  • 12:37pm San de Manique by Principe y su Sexteto on Color de Tropico Vol. 3 (El Palmas)
  • 12:40pm Stanislas by Eric Virgal on Disques Debs International Vol. 1 (Strut Records)
  • 12:44pm De Toda Manera by Les Loups Noirs d'Haiti on Les Loups Noirs d'Haiti (Hit Parade)
  • 12:48pm Guaranco Perfecta by La Perfecta on La Perfecta (Aux Ondes)
  • 12:52pm Van Van by Henri Guedon et les Contesta on Disques Debs International Vol. 1 (Strut Records)
  • 12:59pm Ghislaine by Ibo Combo on Ibo Combo (Tam Tam Records)
  • 1:02pm Si I Bon, Di I Bon by Le Ry-Co Jazz on Disques Debs International Vol. 1 (Strut Records)
  • 1:06pm Jerk Vide by David Matial et Les Rapaces on Boum Vacances (Aux Ondes)
  • 1:09pm La Danza de los Mirlos by Afrosound on La Danza de los Mirlos (Vampi Soul)
  • 1:12pm Cabeza de Cholito by Afrosound on La Danza de los Mirlos (Vampi Soul)
  • 1:15pm Marie-Jo by La Perfecta on La Perfecta (Aux Ondes)
  • 1:18pm Samedi Paramount by Les Loups Noirs d'Haiti on Les Loups Noirs d'Haiti (Hit Parade)
  • 1:21pm An Naus - Danse Tumbele by Wganda Kenya on Wganda Kenya (Vampi Soul)
  • 1:25pm Mpuli Man Muni by Les Rapaces on Creole Love Calls - Rythmes Latins Des Antilles (Isma'a)
  • 1:29pm El Yoyo by Wganda Kenya on Wganda Kenya (Vampi Soul)
  • 1:33pm Tu No Me Puedes Conquistar by Grupo Los Yoyi on Cuba: Music and Revolution 2 (Soul Jazz)
  • 1:35pm Toutt Moune Boule by La Perfecta on Toutt Bagail (Lacaille)
  • 1:39pm Seul La Vie Moin by La Perfecta on La Perfecta (Aux Ondes)
  • 1:43pm Ce Rat La by Les Aiglons on Creole Love Calls - Rythmes Latins Des Antilles (Isma'a)
  • 1:48pm Aquella Noche by Un Dos Tres Y... Fuera on Color de Tropico Vol. 3 (El Palmas Music)
  • 1:53pm Mazurka Cacodou by Eddy Louiss on Creole Love Calls - Rythmes Latins Des Antilles (Isma'a)
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