Talk:Music of Barbados

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The Findarticle ref is completely dead. Circeus 01:40, 4 June 2006 (UTC)

Well damn. I'll see if the Internet Archive has it. Tuf-Kat 02:26, 4 June 2006 (UTC)
Nope. Is there a standard solution for that? Tuf-Kat 02:39, 4 June 2006 (UTC)
Okay, I found further info on it, and have cited it as a journal rather than a webpage. Tuf-Kat 02:43, 4 June 2006 (UTC)
I tried looking up the same site, and the Wayback machine too. Googled a bit, but still couldn't unearth it. Good thing you managed it. Circeus 03:38, 4 June 2006 (UTC)

I've searched pretty hard for photos, and only found one of any kind that would be useful, and of course, it was not freely licensed. Tuf-Kat 05:41, 4 June 2006 (UTC)

I did upload three sound samples though. Two of them are definitely very notable (the lyrics to "The Big Bamboo" are pretty funny - I'll give a hint... I don't think the woman wants a big bamboo plant.) Rupee may not be so notable in the grand scheme of things (not sure), but a song of his was available and he is, at least, typical and representative if not particularly pioneering himself. Or maybe he is and I don't know it. Tuf-Kat 05:44, 4 June 2006 (UTC)

Why isn't there a 21st Century section? Has the music completely died out in the past 6 years?--SeizureDog 04:51, 5 June 2006 (UTC)

It's not a history of everything musical that has happened in Barbados - it's an overview. It explains quite a bit about music in modern life. A 21st century section under "history" would almost inherently be out of historical context. If something suitably notable and verifiable has occurred, it should be in the 20th century section, at the end (and that section should be renamed, obviously). Tuf-Kat 00:39, 6 June 2006 (UTC)

Nice job with this article. As you may or may not be aware much of the Caribbean music scene has found it's new more modern home in Toronto. So it's mostly Canadian sites that have the newwer Caribbean music online for sampling.

Sites like:

In terms of what's happening to Barbados music, for a long time Square One [1] and Krosfyah [2] dominated the party soca music scene but Square 1 Retired last year. Alison Hinds from that group only occationally makes music now. And all the original crew from Krosfyah have retired. Lil' Rick is the new household name when it comes to Barbados soca.

Oh and this article touches on Caribbean Jazz, here's 2 samples of that from Barbados:

In terms of Tuk Music and Spouge, both had died out in Barbados replaced by Reggae, Ragga-Soca or Party Soca. Lately some artists have been trying to bring back the Tuk sound i.e. (A Drum, Bass, a flut and a Triangle) - namely Terencia Coward "TC" comes to mind.

But none the less the Barbados music industry is going thru a shake-out right now. There's a lot of new names to the scene right now most of whom I don't yet know by name that are trying to out-do many of the artists that rose to fame in the late 80's/early 90's.

P.S. There's more Crop Over music on: http://www.toronto-lime.com/music/new_music.htm

CaribDigita 17:59, 22 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] GA

This is a great article in terms of information and is definitely worthy of good article status but it uses way to many subheadings in my opinion. Many of the sub-headed sections could easily be combined into one section instead of the chopped up version the article presents. Though I passed it, I would recommend getting rid of many of these sections. TonyJoe 16:13, 11 June 2006 (UTC) --Tuf-Kat 06:49, 22 October 2006 (UTC)

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