Island Music

[sherban]

There are some good threads on this topic that could be mined for more info if interested...

http://virgin-islands-on-line.com/forum ... ight=music

http://virgin-islands-on-line.com/forum ... ight=music

http://virgin-islands-on-line.com/forum ... t=playlist

http://virgin-islands-on-line.com/forum ... t=playlist

http://virgin-islands-on-line.com/forum ... t=playlist

[mrscaptainjay]

I've really gotten into calypso music since moving here. Onyan, Machel Montano, Nu Vybes Band, etc. Love it!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8oCTKgKVdVQ

[Gromit]

I've got one more suggestion: the soundtrack from the movie Blue Crush. There is a killer reggae version of "Cruel Summer" on their that rocks!

[sherban]

I dug up these old posts while searching for some new island music...ya'll are great...this is good stuff.

Bought some Toots, Stephen Marley, Mishka, Kassav, Third World, and Buena Vista...

Cool....Thanks!

[Cruzan]

I posted this a couple of days l8r...didn't c your post:

First off, iTunes....so dread! So, here are a few vintage, but totally rockin', songs to get you ready, or keep you in the rhythm....Mix between Soca, Reggae, Calypso,..etc.

Many of the songs are double entendre. See if you can figure them out. These are NOT dirty songs.

And, you can get them all on iTunes.

1. Byron Lee, "Nani Wine";
2. Lord Kitchener, "Bee's Melody"; me love it Wink)
3. Byron Lee, "Give me Soca";
4. The Mighty Sparrow, "Wanted Dear or Alive"
5. Mighty Sparrow, "Ah fraid p***y Bite Me";
6. The Mighty Sparrow, "Mango Vert"..fav of mine gotta' listen
7. Byron Lee & The Dragonaires, "Government Boots";
8. Mighty Sparrow, "My Connie" Smile) ;
9. Byron Lee....; "Lick Down Mi Nani"
10. You can NEVER, EVER go wrong w/the jah-man himself, Bob Marley's "Babylon By Bus"...the entire album;
11. Jimmy Buffet, "Don't Stop The Carnival"..it's a saga, a story, a broadway play, the whole album;
12. Kaoma, "Lambada";
13. Third World, "1865", "Try Jah Love", "Now That We Found Love";
14. Xpress Band, "Crucian", "Jouvet Mornin'", and "Hands Up"

[KWL]

Steel Pulse "Smash Hits" album available on itunes.