Author Archives: Gene Scaramuzzo

The Revealers, Paradise (Independent)

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Festival International de Louisiane

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The Life & Music of Exuma

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Bamboula 2000: Cultural Warriors

Festival International de Louisiane ’96

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Carribbean Summer

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Fest World Music Includes Martinique’s Malavoi, Haiti’s RAM and Ali Farka Toure

Cyril Neville and the Uptown Allstars, The Fire This Time (Endangered Species)

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Festival International: Bonjour, Lafayette!

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A Batch of Releases Document the Soca Music of Carnival in the Islands

In this carnival town, with its own strong repertoire of street music, it is of particular interest to know what sounds move the revelers through the streets and parties of the Caribbean island carnivals. The rhythms of soca music, the up-tempo, infectious carnival music of Trinidad & Tobago, are akin to those of New Orleans [...]