Gavitt, Walter Gerguson: Mr. Gavitt: Calypsos of Costa Rica

Walter Ferguson: Mr. Gavitt: Calypsos of Costa Rica - COMPACT DISCS

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Title:

Mr. Gavitt: Calypsos of Costa Rica

Artist:

Walter Ferguson

Label:

Folkways Records

Product Type:

COMPACT DISCS

UPC:

093073130927

Genre:

International

Sub Genre:

Caribbean

Release Date:

2012-05-30

Number of Discs:

1

Calypso survives sporadically in Limon and Bocas del Toro (Panama), especially around Carnival time, in the spring. Elsewhere on the mainland, the calypso culture is gone, driven out by radios and jukeboxes broadcasting Latin pop music. The young men sing the radio songs. Only the old remember how people once entertained each other with home-grown lyrics... Walter Ferguson.

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