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Late 80's big band soca tune by Tambu & Charlies Roots. I miss this kind of soca with a live drummer, clanking iron and rhythmic changes. i wonder if the younge guys today can even play this type of music.


http://media.putfile.com/Charlies-Roots

DA 80'S WAS GREAT, YES INDEED DAHLIN, BUT KIDS NOW A DAYS NEED SOMETHING MORE UPTEMPO, DON' TGET ME WRONG, THOSE TUNES ARE CLASSIC BUT NOT FOR DA TODAY'S CROWD, SOCA MUSIC HAS EVOLVED, QUESTION: ARE YOU UNDER 40??

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I'm not far from the big 40. I understand that the genre has evolved. So has zouk, kompa, reggae and Cuban dance music. However, i can still find a performer in those other genres like Dede St. Prix, Malavoi, Koudjay, larose, etc., that are doing their own thing. Calypso and reggae has always speeded up or slowed down, depending on external or internal influences. One of my problems with modern Trini music is that artists are looking too much to dancehall or rap and r&b. And I know that kaiso has incorporated ragtime, jazz and Cuban influences in the past, but i think that those old artists were more rooted in their indigenous culture. A Trini friend once told me that Trinidadians are not interested in music, meaning that the art and spiritual endevor of music making has waned. Well, artists have to feed themselves and family, so i guess the profit motive has a major impact on what they put out. Below is another clip from Tambu that ties into this discussion.

Culture
http://media.putfile.com/Tambu-22

that's where the sub genre ragga soca comes in

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