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Calypso Legends by Various (CD, 2019)

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The origins of the word are unclear and scholars debate this with no definitive answer. Artist: Various Artists. Format: CD.

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Product Identifiers

Record LabelArc Music, ARM

UPC5019396285323

eBay Product ID (ePID)22046061092

Product Key Features

Release Year2019

FormatCD

GenrePop

ArtistVarious

Release TitleCalypso Legends

Dimensions

Item Height0.39 in

Item Weight0.20 lb

Item Length5.62 in

Item Width4.94 in

Additional Product Features

Number of Discs1

Country/Region of ManufactureUnited States

NotesThe first mention of calypso comes from a dance described by Abbe Masse in 1882. Otherwise, most scholars who have tried to trace the story of calypso agree that the word itself is not connected with the deity who lured Homer's Odysseus to her island. The origins of the word are unclear and scholars debate this with no definitive answer. Quick wit, knowing observation of human behavior and comment on it's absurd aspects are the bill of fare offered in calypso, which probably prompted the American periodical Time to label calypso "The Living Newspaper" in 1944. For eloquence and topical diversity, no other genre can approach the calypso of Trinidad and Tobago, for the calypsonian assumes a stance between reporter, editorialist, moralist and satirist as scandal, disaster, politics, self-praise, sexual indiscretion and everything from local to international events all prove as grist for the mill. The Mighty Duke asked in a song, "What is Calypso?" Well to start to get an idea, one has to merely listen to a song on this compilation. Let your schooling start here.