Ah Trinidad-et-Tobago… Son chutney, sa soca, son reggaeton… et ses ancêtres : Lord Kitchener, Lord Invadrer, et même un survivant : Mighty Sparrow. Monument de la culture des Caraïbes, le Calypso King Of The World a repoussé les limites du calypso dans les 60′s, chantant des textes salaces combinés à des critiques sur la situation politique avec des titres aussi parlants que Kennedy And Krushchev.
Malgré des rumeurs sur sa mort l’année dernière, à 76 ans Mighty Sparrow n’a pas encore eu droit aux hommages nécrologiques. Mais il n’est jamais trop tôt pour célébrer une légende, qui en 40 ans de carrière a donné la couleur musicale aux Barbades bien avant que Rihanna y fasse sa première teinture. Ca méritait bien qu’on se plonge dans la rétrospective de son oeuvre, entre 1962 et 1974, où il défiait déjà les bases du calypso. On s’écoute donc sans attendre la double compilation Sparrowmania!, qui sortira le 24 janvier sur le label allemand Strut.
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“As an ode to the band”, (à la gloire du groupe, en VF), voici l’intitulé du 
Ca nous est arrivé à tous. On part en vacances s’interdisant de suivre l’actu, la vraie, et on passe à côté du stade embryonnaire d’un dossier. Cette erreur coûte cher, et c’est en général très dur de prendre le train en marche.
On vous avait fait une petite place à la table de l’Anglais Klaus Von Barrel, aka The KVB, en vous invitant au festin goth de la vidéo de 
The Soft Moon !! plutôt très bon ! 
Hello,
Hey skumgrainau,
Le blairisme interstellaire élevé au rang d'art de vivre. 
bonjour