Caribbean Currents

by Peter Manuel

Winner of the 1996 Gordon K. Lewis Memorial Award for Caribbean Scholarship, Caribbean Studies AssociationChoice Outstanding Academic Title, 1996"[T]he many helpful discographies throughout the book—not to mention the cool photographs!—contribute to making this an essential text on some of the world's most irrepressible rhythms."—Booklist

Genres: Music, Nonfiction, Academic

288 pages, Paperback

First published August 10, 1995

Reviews

[Jay · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is scholarly enough to be used as a textbook but warm and even occasionally funny enough to read for pleasure. Included are generous histories of the folk and popular musics of each Caribbean nation, not ignoring the political and cultural environments they grew in. And if you can read music a little you can make use of several clearly explained examples, including one that can teach you to pat a guaguancó rhythm on your thighs.

[Mills College Library]

780.9729 M294c 2006

[Sarah · Rating 4 out of 5]

This book is a great intro to a variety of Caribbean popular music styles and reads pretty quickly.