Mighty Sparrow talks about Calypso Music

[lulu66033]

Sparrow is a much loved ARTIST ... especially in Guyana!

[woodsbike]

Sweet - thanks so much for sharing this! This Midwestern American white cat has always loved this stuff. Peace, all.

[woodsbike]

Sweet - thanks so much for sharing this!  This Midwestern American

[woodsbike]

Sweet - thanks so much for sharing this!

[timoarthur]

I'm a blues guitarist with Barbados heritage. I was the guitarist for the soca band Coalishun in 1995 as well. I have told my blues friends in the States that Mighty Sparrow is the B.B. King of calypso. My Barbadian father has compared Sparrow with Shakespeare in his ability to use Caribbean dialect with rhythm and rhyme to tell a story.

[12stepmaster]

I like Calypso and Mento..... the latter much influenced later Jamaican music..... eg Rough Rider - Prince Buster was a Mento tune......... Unfortunately for Calypso and Soca tradition seems to make it reluctant to put a strong bass into their tunes...... sadly I feel this is what sidelines it....... until that day.... carnival and party and not the world dancefloors will be were it gets air play.........

[TheNutmeg55]

The best calypsonian in the world.

[etanielyehuda]

The King of Calypso! Calypso and Soca are most wonderful music. It is a familiar and clear deviation of Kaiso/West Afrikan sounds. You must give props for preserving the Afrikan rootz many generations later. The Mighty Sparrow does have a great voice!

[edudrepus]

One of our heroes.

[ddiptt]

All praise de Mighty Birdie!

[cachapeo]

porfavor no lea esto

el 13 de octubre de 1991

un niño llamado nick se tiro de un puente devido a problemas familiares

si ya leiste esto deves copiar y pegar

en otros 5 videos mas o si no

nick vendra por toda tu familia

haslo o moriran porfavor hasme caso

yo lo lei y lo hise

[SonOfToracube]

He had one of the best voices ever. I had an album Moods of Sparrow - best album I ever brought.

[tdog26]

@SonOfToracube he has one of the best voices ever

[nichmars]

Damn right!