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BEC 5156836
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RSD 2017 release. After the success of Calypso Rose's Far From Home (BEC 5156520, 2016), Because Music present a two remix EP for the Record Store Day with remixes by the South African Mo Laudi. His work is considered to be in the vein of Jamie XX's music. A tireless worker, Calypso Rose has composed almost 800 songs, starting at age 13, and has spent 17 years singing on cruise ships, before playing on the legendary stages of the Apollo and Madison Square Garden with two of the greatest calypsonians, Lord Kitchener and Mighty Sparrow.
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BEC 5156520
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The calypso music that was popularized in the '50s was made exclusively by men for a long time, but if there is one queen of the style, it is Calypso Rose. Life hasn't always been easy for the Tobagonian diva, and while she praises a discourse of peace, she remains engaged, condemning social unfairness and the unjust status of women. This all is joyfully sung against a musical background of pure calypso, ska, and soca. After a long career during which she was written more than 800 songs, the dynamic singer, 76 years old at the time of this release, returns with Far From Home, produced by Ivan Duran and featuring the guitar and voice of Manu Chao on three tracks. Two 10"s in gatefold sleeve with CD.
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