I thought that Guyana was an island in the Carribean but it is in fact a country on the North Atlantic coast of South Americana. Further evidence that I am pretty hopeless at Geography.
Maybe not that rubbish given that in the back of my head I had the notion, correctly as it turns out, that Eddy Grant was Guyanese.
That was the extent of my knowledge so I had to resort to doing some fishing on Google.
First out of the hat was Bunty Singh who is a four time Chutney King of Guyana. Chutney music, as I have now found out, is a genre of music that developed in Trinidad and Tobago, Guyana and Suriname and is popular in Jamaica, other parts of the Caribbean, Fiji, Mauritius, and South Africa. It is a fushion of Indian Folk Music, specifically Bhoijpuri folk music, with Caribbean Calypso and Soca music.. Here is Bunty with Ah Want to Get Marry.
Natural Black is the stage name of Mortimer Softley Guyanese reggae singer.I'm not sure why he changed it as Mortimer Softley is a great name.His offering today is Far From Reality
Eddie Hooper was a singer, composer and musican from Fyrish, who in Guyana is best known for his early patriotic calypso songs. Hopefully Take Warning falls into this category
Finally we have a Chutney/Soca nunber by Vanessa Matura & Nishal B which may or may not be called Yeh Ladka Hai Year.
The next six countries to feature all come from the African continent so I may well have to call on Ernie for assistance.
Eddy Grant - Gimme Hope Jo'Anna
Bunty Singh - I Wanna Get Marry
I may have to consider whether I'm willing to help you now that you have scuppered a future post in my tour of the Americas. Two of these artists were lined up to feature in that (and at least one of them probably still will). Hopefully by the time we've done French Guiana and Guatemala everyone will be too distracted to notice.
ReplyDeleteApologies for that!
ReplyDeleteI've only got Cuba from the Americas on my list to cover
I'm sure there will be enough material there for both of us