GENRE · KNOWLEDGE GUIDE
Calypso
- Genre family
- Caribbean
- Starting recordings
- 50
ORIGIN · SOUND · PEOPLE
Meet Calypso
Calypso is a branch of the Caribbean family, with its own performance and recording traditions.
The clearest way to understand Calypso is to hear how its rhythm, timbre and performance language change across artists and recordings.
Begin with 峰岸透, 戸高一生 and The Jolly Boys.
GENRE FAMILY
Its place in the genre family
Parent genreCaribbean
Current genreCalypso
REFINE THIS VIEWFilter within Calypso
Era, region and genre remain as an intersection. Options with no matching recordings are hidden.
ESSENTIAL LISTENING
10 recordingsStart with these recordings
01Come with Me, My Honey2001 · Calypso · calypsoOpen in new tab 02Forever and for Always2004 · Calypso · calypsoOpen in new tab 03Village Ram2002 · Calypso · calypsoOpen in new tab 04Calypso Queen2016 · Calypso · calypsoOpen in new tab 05Red Red Wine1995 · Calypso · calypsoOpen in new tab 06Ave María Lola1959 · Calypso · calypsoOpen in new tab 07Vero1974 · Calypso · reggaeOpen in new tab 08Calypso 22000 · Calypso · calypsoOpen in new tab 09Her Bathing Suit Never Got Wet2001 · Calypso · calypsoOpen in new tab 10K.K. Calypso2009 · Calypso · calypsoOpen in new tab
KEY ARTISTS
Key artists
ESSENTIAL ALBUMS
Continue with these albums
LOCAL GRAPH
View relationship graphExplore the relationship graph
KEEP EXPLORING