http://wfmu.org/playlists/MZ WFMU presents An hour of vintage calypso, soca, mento, pan, and more.. en Copyright (C) 2012 WFMU Mon, 07 Jul 2008 09:00:47 EDT Mon, 07 Jul 2008 09:00:47 EDT Irwin and WFMU http://wfmu.org/podcast_images/mz_rss.jpg http://wfmu.org/playlists/MZ 144 403 WFMU, muriel, treasure, irwin, chusid, soca, calypso, caribbean, trinidad, folk, mento, pan no http://wfmu.org/playlists/shows/23285 artist unidentified - "Lemme Go Melda Marcy" - and More Calypsos Too Hot to Handle (LP)
Innocentay - "Gimme de Rum" - Trinidad Calypso Kings (Monogram 10" LP)
Johnny Attila - "Rock Cum Babe" - Trinidad Calypso Kings (Monogram 10" LP)
Ben Bowers & the Baba Motta Orchestra - "Brown Skin Gal" - Hart Records 10" (Hart 11)
Ben Bowers & the Baba Motta Orchestra - "Kitch" - Hart Records 10" (Hart 11)
Mighty Sparrow - "Carlton Peeping at Me" - Sparrow in Hi-Fi (Cook LP)
King Scratch & the Bay Street Boys - "Peas and Rice" - Let's Go Calypso (Somerset LP)
John L (Nichols) - "Jungle" - Stay Up! (LP)
King Scratch & the Bay Street Boys - "Christmastime in Nassau" - Let's Go Calypso (Somerset LP)
King Scratch & the Bay Street Boys - "Marianne" - Let's Go Calypso (Somerset LP)
Duke of Iron with Felix & His Krazy Kats - "The Dipsy Doodle (paseo)" - Decca 78 rpm disc 1856
Sparrow's Troubadours - "Mas in Brooklyn" - Hot & Sweet (LP)
John L (Nichols) - "Jealousy" - Stay Up! (LP)
Duke of Iron with Felix & His Krazy Kats - "U.S.A." - Varsity 78 rpm disc 8138
Lord Kitchener - "Muriel and De Bug" - Calypsos Too Hot to Handle (LP) http://wfmu.org/playlists/shows/23285 ]]> http://wfmu.org/playlists/shows/23285 Mon, 07 Jul 2008 09:00:47 -0400 Irwin and WFMU 60:20 http://wfmu.org/playlists/shows/23284 Lord Kitchener - "Kitch" - Calypsos Too Hot to Handle (Monogram LP)
Hayden - "He Like It, She Like It" - Calypsos Too Hot to Handle (Monogram LP)
Duke of Iron - "Creole Girl" - and More Calypsos Too Hot to Handle (LP)
Lord Messam & His Calypsonians - "Monkey" - Hart Records 10" (Hart 11)
Lord Creator - "Archie Buck Them Up" - Jamaica All-Stars Vol. 1 (LP)
Sam Manning - "Lita" - Sam Manning, Vol. 2 1927-1930 (Jazz Oracle CD)
Harold Richardson - "Limbo" - Jamaican Melodies (CD)
artist unknown - "Ding Dang Walla" - Jamaican Melodies (CD)
Davy Graham - "Don't Stop the Carnival" - The Guitar Player (CD)
Mighty Sparrow - "Mango Vert" - First Flight: Early Calypsos from the Emory Cook Collection (CD)
Mighty Sparrow - "No More Rocking" - First Flight: Early Calypsos from the Emory Cook Collection (CD)
Lord Kitchener - "Randolph Turpin's Victory Calypso" - Melodisc 78 disc (#1177-152)
Lord Fly with Dan Williams & His Orchestra - "Jamaican Mento Medley: Fan Me Solja Man, Fan Me/One Solja Man/Yah No Hear Weh De Old Man Seh/Sly Mongoose" - Mento Madness (CD)
Boysie Grant with Reynolds' Calypso Clippers - "Sweet Charlie/Mattie Rag/Nobody's Business" - Mento Madness (CD)
Duke of Iron - "Bei Mir Bist du Schoen" - Calypso Breakaway 1927-1941 (Rounder CD) http://wfmu.org/playlists/shows/23284 ]]> http://wfmu.org/playlists/shows/23284 Mon, 30 Jun 2008 09:00:07 -0400 Irwin and WFMU 62:02 http://wfmu.org/playlists/shows/23283 The Brons - "Calypso Mama" - Trojan Records 45 TR-7735 B
Lloyd Simmons - "Hair in Your Teeth (a.k.a. Mango Vert - comp. Sparrow)" - Calypso Party (Bandstand BLP 102)
Mighty Sparrow - "New York Blackout '77" - N.Y.C. Blackout (Charlie's Records LP)
John L. (Nichols) - "Meshuggener" - Stay Up! (Virtu LP)
The Grant-Lyttelton Paseo Jazz Band - "King Porter Stomp" - The Other Parlophones 1951-1954 (CD)
The Soul Brothers - "Saint Thomas" - Jamaica All-Stars Vol. 1 (No. 1 Studios 103 LP)
Lord Jayson and His Limbo Gang - "Why Must a Man Wander" - Limbo (Palace PST-730 LP)
Casablanca Steel Orchestra - "A Theme For Steel" - Sagomes 78 SG-102-24A
King Radio (Norman Span) - "Brown Skin Girl" - Sagomes 78 SG-108-5A
Lord Melody (Fitzroy Alexander) - "McDonald Almanac" - Sagomes 78 SG-108-12A
Chin's Calypso Sextet (vocal: Bedasse) - "Money Is King" - Jamaican Melodies (CD)
Chin's Calypso Sextet (vocal: Bedasse) - "Rufus Said" - Jamaican Melodies (CD)
Chin's Calypso Sextet (vocal: Bedasse) - "You're a Real Operator (a.k.a. Rough Rider)" - jamaican Melodies (CD)
Macbeth - "Hold 'Em, Joe" - Native Calypso Songs (Allegro 1716 LP)
Los Tropicanos - "The Breeze" - Music of the Caribbean Recorded Live (Tifton Int'l TS 72 LP) http://wfmu.org/playlists/shows/23283 ]]> http://wfmu.org/playlists/shows/23283 Mon, 23 Jun 2008 09:00:10 -0400 Irwin and WFMU 57:44 http://wfmu.org/playlists/shows/23282 Casablanca Steel Orchestra - "Last Train to San Fernando" - Sagomes 78 SG-102-2A
Harold Richardson & The Tickler - "Glamour Gal" - Mento Madness (CD)
Boysie Grant with Eddie Brown & Reynolds' Calypso Clippers - "Solas Market" - Mento Madness (CD)
Hubert Porter - "Ten Penny Nail" - Calypsos from Jamaica (LP)
Hubert Porter - "Miss Goosie" - Calypsos from Jamaica (LP)
Mighty Sparrow - "You Don't Love Me" - The Mighty Sparrow Sings True Life Stories of Passion, People and Politics (LP)
Mighty Sparrow - "Harry, Elaine & Mama" - The Mighty Sparrow Sings True Life Stories of Passion, People and Politics (LP)
The Bell-Lyttelton Jazz Twelve - "Apples Be Ripe" - The Other Parlophones 1951-1954 (CD)
Duke of Iron - "Wild Indian" - Jungle Calypso (LP)
John L. (Nichols) - "Today" - Stay Up! (LP)
artist unidentified - "Jamaican Mambo" - Jamaican Melodies (CD)
Chin's Calypso Sextet (vocal: Bedasse) - "You're a Real Operator (a.k.a. Rough Rider)" - Jamaican Melodies (CD)
Sam Manning - "You Can't Get Anything Out of Me" - Sam Manning, Vol. 2 1927-1930 (Jazz Oracle CD)
Sam Manning - "Barbados Blues" - Sam Manning, Vol. 2 1927-1930 (Jazz Oracle CD)
The Grant-Lyttelton Paseo Jazz Band - "Fat Tuesday" - The Other Parlophones 1951-1954 (CD) http://wfmu.org/playlists/shows/23282 ]]> http://wfmu.org/playlists/shows/23282 Mon, 16 Jun 2008 09:00:12 -0400 Irwin and WFMU 59:58 http://wfmu.org/playlists/shows/23281 John L. (Nichols) - "Iceberg Mazie" - Stay Up! (Virtu LP)
Count Owen - "Hula Hula Calypso" - Voyager: Jamaican Melodies (CD)
artist unidentified - "Love and Love Alone" - Voyager: Jamaican Melodies (CD)
Zebra (Charles Harris) - "Carnival Proclamation" - Sagomes 78 SG-133-18
Lord Invader (Rupert Grant) - "The Sport Pool" - Sagomes 78 SG-107-34
Duke of Iron - "Potato" - Jungle Calypso (LP)
Sam Manning - "Camilla" - Sam Manning, Vol. 1 1924-1927 (Jazz Oracle CD)
Sam Manning - "Woman's Sweeter Than Man" - Sam Manning, Vol. 2 1927-1930 (Jazz Oracle CD)
Sam Manning with Anna Freeman (Porter Grainger: piano) - "Nothin' But a Double Barrel Shotgun's Gonna Keep Me Away From You" - Sam Manning, Vol. 2 1927-1930 (Jazz Oracle CD)
Sam Manning with Anna Freeman (Porter Grainger: piano) - "Goin' Back to Jamaica" - Sam Manning, Vol. 2 1927-1930 (Jazz Oracle CD)
Sam Manning with Anna Freeman (Porter Grainger: piano) - "The American Woman and West Indian Man - Pt. 1" - Sam Manning, Vol. 2 1927-1930 (Jazz Oracle CD)
Sam Manning with Anna Freeman (Porter Grainger: piano) - "The American Woman and West Indian Man - Pt. 2" - Sam Manning, Vol. 2 1927-1930 (Jazz Oracle CD)
Harold Richardson with Charlie Binger and His Quintet - "Country Gal" - Mento Madness (CD)
ord Fly with Dan Williams & His Orchestra - "Blu-Lu-Lup" - Mento Madness (CD) http://wfmu.org/playlists/shows/23281 ]]> http://wfmu.org/playlists/shows/23281 Mon, 09 Jun 2008 09:00:13 -0400 Irwin and WFMU 58:25 http://wfmu.org/playlists/shows/23280 Denzil Laing Trio - "Mary Ann, Papa's Going Away" - Voyager: Jamaican Melodies (CD)
Louis Jordan & His Tympany 5 - "De Laff's On You" - Let the Good Times Roll (CD)
Sir Galba (George McSween) - "Too Many Fires" - Sagomes 78 SG-138-27
Skipper (Robert Stafford) - "Talking Parrot" - Sagomes 78 SG-138-30
Young Tiger (R.I.P.) - "I Was There (At the Coronation)" - London is the Place for Me: Trinidadian Calypso in London, 1950-1956 (CD)
Young Tiger with the Lyttelton Paseo Band - "Mamzelle Josephine" - More Bedbugs: Muriel's 2007 Calypso Treasure (CD)
Young Tiger - "Calypso Be" - London Is the Place For Me: Calypso & Kwela, Highlife & Jazz from Young Black London (Honest Jons CD)
Lili Verona - "Massa Johnnie" - Caribbean Connection (LP)
Sam Manning - "Susan Monkey Walk" - Sam Manning, Vol. 1 1924-1927 (Jazz Oracle CD)
Sam Manning - "My Little West Indian Girl" - Sam Manning, Vol. 1 1924-1927 (Jazz Oracle CD)
Sam Manning - "Baby" - Sam Manning, Vol. 1 1924-1927 (Jazz Oracle CD)
Lord Messam & His Calypsonians - "Linstead Market" - Mento Madness (CD)
Mighty Sparrow - "Kennedy & Khruschev" - The Mighty Sparrow Sings True Life Stories of Passion, People & Politics (LP) http://wfmu.org/playlists/shows/23280 ]]> http://wfmu.org/playlists/shows/23280 Mon, 02 Jun 2008 09:00:13 -0400 Irwin and WFMU 52:22 http://wfmu.org/playlists/shows/23279 Harold Richardson & The Ticklers - "Healing in the Balmyard" - Mento Madness (CD)
The Mighty Terror - "Calypsonians" - Pan Poetry (CD)
Two Gun Smokey - "Vacation" - Calypsos from Panama (LP)
Wonder (Victor Atwell) - "Ah Tony" - Sagomes 78 SG-105 (side A)
Wonder (Victor Atwell) - "Heal Me, Healer" - Sagomes 78 SG-105 (side B)
Lord Fly with Dan Williams & His Orchestra - "Manassa With the Tight Foot Pants" - Mento Madness (CD)
Mighty Sparrow - "Rose" - Mighty Sparrow Vol. 4 (Ice CD)
artist mercifully unidentified - "Trinidad Blues" - The Calypso Carnival (Columbia)
artist mercifully unidentified - "Honey Man" - The Calypso Carnival (Columbia)
artist mercifully unidentified - "Victoria Market" - The Calypso Carnival (Columbia)
artist mercifully unidentified - "Miss Emmalina" - The Calypso Carnival (Columbia)
Zebra (Charles Harris) - "Bad Schoolteacher" - Sagomes 78 SG-133-19
Duke of Iron - "Mambo Calypso" - Calypso! (Crowell-Collier LP)
The Mighty Terror - "Chinese Children" - Pan Poetry (CD)
Hubert Porter with George Moxey and His Calypso Quintet - "Monkey Talk" - Mento Madness (CD) http://wfmu.org/playlists/shows/23279 ]]> http://wfmu.org/playlists/shows/23279 Mon, 26 May 2008 09:00:06 -0400 Irwin and WFMU 57:02 http://wfmu.org/playlists/shows/23278 Mighty Terror - "TV Calypso" - Kings of Calypso (CD)
Los Silvertones - "Old Buzzard" - Panama! Latin, Calypso and Funk 1965-75 (CD)
Sampson the Lark - "Undemocratic Rhodesia" - The Trojan Calypso Box (CD)
Sparrow's Troubadours - "Sa Sa Ay" - Hot & Sweet (LP)
Kobo Town - "Corbeaux Following" - Independence (CD)
Lord Kitchener - "My Landlady" - London is the Place for Me: Trinidadian Calypso in London, 1950-1956 (CD)
Unit 4 + 2 - "Concrete and Clay" - Hits of the Sixties (CD)
Singing Francine - "The Wizard" - Soca Music From Trinidad: Heat in de Place (CD)
Elvis Presley - "Ito Eats" - Blue Hawaii (CD)
Joseph Spence - "Brownskin Gal" - The Complete Folkways Recordings 1958 (CD)
Lord Cobra and Pana-Afro Sounds - "Rocombey" - Panama! Latin, Calypso and Funk 1965-75 (CD)
Robert Randolph & The Family Band - "Calypso" - Unclassified
The Lion - "Lion Oh" - West Indian Rhythm (Bear Family 10-CD Box Set) http://wfmu.org/playlists/shows/23278 ]]> http://wfmu.org/playlists/shows/23278 Mon, 19 May 2008 09:00:11 -0400 Irwin and WFMU 58:47 http://wfmu.org/playlists/shows/23277 Mighty Terror - "Millie and the Centipede" - Pan Poetry (CD)
Lord Christo - "Hurricane Janet" - Authentic Calypso with Lord Christo (LP)
E.T. Mensah & The Tempos - "St. Peter's Calypso" - All For You (CD)
Lord Kitchener - "My Pussin" - Mr. Kitch (LP)
Lord Beginner - "Victory Test Match" - London is the Place for Me: Trinidadian Calypso in London, 1950-1956 (CD)
Lloyd Simmons - "Hair in Your Teeth (a.k.a. Mango Vert - comp. Sparrow)" - Calypso Party (Bandstand BLP 102)
Sparrow's Troubadours - "Parables" - Jump-Up Time With Sparrow's Troubadours (LP)
Sparrow's Troubadours - "Carnaveles de Oriente" - Hot & Sweet (LP)
The Torpedo - "Belly Lick" - Kings of Calypso (CD)
Ross Talbot - "Short Skirts and Poly Pants" - Domino Records 7" single
Mighty Sparrow - "You Don't Love Me" - Mighty Sparrow Sings True Life Stories of Passion, People and Politics (LP)
Lord Brynner - "Mr. Crab" - Roslyn Pussy (LP)
Wilmoth Houdini - "Gin and Coconut Water" - Decca 78 rpm 23543
Calypso Mama - "Gin and Coconut Water" - Calypso Mama with the Lad Richards Orchestra (CD)
Lord Melody - "Michael Remove Your Face" - Lord Melody Sings Calypso (Cook Records/Smithsonian CD) http://wfmu.org/playlists/shows/23277 ]]> http://wfmu.org/playlists/shows/23277 Mon, 12 May 2008 09:00:10 -0400 Irwin and WFMU 61:19 http://wfmu.org/playlists/shows/23276 E.T. Mensah & The Tempos - "John B. Calypso" - All For You (CD)
Mighty Sparrow - "Fowl Thief Melo" - Sparrow the Conquerer (LP)
Sparrow's Troubadours - "Mas in Madison" - Jump-Up Time With Sparrow's Troubadours (LP)
Percy Dixon & His Merry Boys - "Balimbo" - Sue Records 45 single 64-SU-4
Alfred St. John's Trinidad & Tobago Steelband - "Samba de Orfeo" - Caribbean Romance (CD)
Duke of Iron - "Duke of the Calypso" - Jungle Calypso (LP)
Walter Gavitt Ferguson - "One Pant Man" - Dr. Bombodee (CD)
George Symonette - "Camilla" - Calypso and Goombay Rhythms (LP)
Macbeth the Great - "Dorothy, One Morning" - Calypso and Merengues (Folkways LP/Smithsonian CD)
Mighty Sparrow - "Martin Luther King" - Mighty Sparrow Sings True Life Stories of Passion, People and Politics (LP)
Lord Kitchener - "Too Much Holidays" - Still Escalating (CD)
Lord Brynner - "Roslyn Pussy" - Roslyn Pussy (LP)
Wilmoth Houdini with Gerald Clark's Iere String Band - "Uncle Jo', Gimme Mo!" - Poor But Ambitious (CD)
The Caresser - "Time For Man Go Home" - West Indian Rhythm (Bear Family Box Set) http://wfmu.org/playlists/shows/23276 ]]> http://wfmu.org/playlists/shows/23276 Mon, 05 May 2008 09:00:19 -0400 Irwin and WFMU 60:24 http://wfmu.org/playlists/shows/23275 Lord Caresser - "Carnival is Bacchanal" - Calypso and Merengues (Folkways LP/Smithsonian CD)
Lord Invader - "Mary Anne" - Calypso and Merengues (Folkways LP/Smithsonian CD)
Sparrow's Troubadours - "Sound of the Witch Doctor" - Hot & Sweet (LP)
Mighty Sparrow - "Who She Go Cry For" - Hot & Sweet (CD)
The Mighty Duke - "Rooksin" - Tribute to Maestro (LP)
Gay Flamingoes Steelband - "Caterpilla" - Jeff Recordings (CD)
The Lion - "It's a Sin to Tell A Lie" - West Indian Rhythm (Bear Family Box Set)
The Lion - "Vitalogy" - West Indian Rhythm (Bear Family Box Set)
Atilla the Hun - "The Strike" - West Indian Rhythm (Bear Family Box Set)
Lord Kitchener - "Who Tell Me Man" - Play Mas' With Kitch (LP)
Lord Melody - "Wait For Me" - Lord Melody Sings Calypso (Cook LP/Smithsonian CD)
Hubert Smith and his Steelband - "Run, Girls, Run" - Island Women (LP)
Duke of Iron - "The Postman" - More Calypsos by the Duke of Iron (LP) http://wfmu.org/playlists/shows/23275 ]]> http://wfmu.org/playlists/shows/23275 Mon, 28 Apr 2008 09:00:04 -0400 Irwin and WFMU 59:44 http://wfmu.org/playlists/shows/23274 The Mighty Zebra with the La Motta Brothers - "English Diplomacy" - Calypso from the Virgin Islands (LP)
Sparrow's Troubadours - "Pussy Laughing At Me" - Jump-Up Time With Sparrow's Troubadours (LP)
Lord Kitchener - "Kitch in the Jungle" - London is the Place for Me: Trinidadian Calypso in London, 1950-1956 (CD)
Wilmoth Houdini - "Tiger Tom Kill Tiger Cat" - Poor But Ambitious (CD)
Lord Melody - "Canada So Cold" - Lord Melody Sings Calupso (Cook LP/Smithsonian CD)
Lord Kitchener (arr. Leston Paul) - "Love in the Cemetery (1994 version)" - Still Escalating (CD)
Duke of Iron - "Tie Up Me Dress" - More Calypsos by the Duke of Iron (LP)
Atilla the Hun - "Coffee, Coffee" - Juneberry Ethnic Series: The Real Calypso, Vol. 1
Amoco Renegades - "Pan in A Minor (comp. Lord Kitchener)" - Steelbands of Trinidad and Tobago (Delos CD)
Harmony Kings' Orchestra - "Sunny Grenada" - West Indian Rhythm (Bear Family Box Set)
The Caresser - "Madam Kahn" - West Indian Rhythm (Bear Family Box Set)
The Lion - "Excursion to Grenada" - West Indian Rhythm (Bear Family Box Set) http://wfmu.org/playlists/shows/23274 ]]> http://wfmu.org/playlists/shows/23274 Mon, 21 Apr 2008 09:00:06 -0400 Irwin and WFMU 58:30 http://wfmu.org/playlists/shows/23272 Trinidad Bill (Trotman) - "Monkey See, Monkey Do" - Hardness is Badness (LP)
The Duke of Iron - "Wide Screen" - More Calypsos by the Duke of Iron (LP)
Lord Kitchener - "Sweet Pan" - The Roots of Soca (LP)
Lord Executor - "They Talk About Nora's Badness" - West Indian Rhythm (Bear Family Box Set)
Atilla the Hun - "Love Me Emily" - West Indian Rhythm (Bear Family Box Set)
The Mighty Terror - "Jamaica Girl" - Kings of Calypso (CD)
Torpedo - "Don't Fence Her In" - Kings of Calypso (CD)
Mighty Sparrow - "Good Citizen" - Mighty Sparrow, Vol. 2 (CD)
King Short Shirt - "You Can't Go Back" - Leroy (LP)
Mighty Sparrow - "Calypso Boogaloo" - Mighty Sparrow, Vol. 2 (CD)
Solo Harmonites - "Steelband Times" - Pan Woman: Steelbands of Trinidad and Tobago (Delos CD) http://wfmu.org/playlists/shows/23272 ]]> http://wfmu.org/playlists/shows/23272 Mon, 14 Apr 2008 09:00:05 -0400 Irwin and WFMU 59:12 http://wfmu.org/playlists/shows/23271 Crazy - "One-Foot Cock" - CD single
Mighty Sparrow - "Congo Man (1980)" - Calypso Season (LP)
Desperados - "Somebody" - Calypso Season (LP)
The Duke of Iron - "Under Cover Man" - More Calypsos by the Duke of Iron (LP)
Codallo's Top Hatters Orchestra - "Linda Vista" - West Indian Rhythm (Bear Family Box Set)
The Growler - "Too Botheration" - West Indian Rhythm (Bear Family Box Set)
Lord Kitchener - "Best Things in Life Are Free" - Play Mas' With Kitch (LP)
Lord Kitchener - "Doctor Kitch" - Klassic Kitchener, Vol. 1 (CD)
King Short Shirt - "Push" - Leroy (LP)
artist unidentified - "Solas Market / Water Come From Me Eye" - Calypsos from Jamaica (LP)
Wilmoth Houdini - "He Had It Coming (a.k.a. Stone Cold Dead in de Market)" - Don't Stop The Carnival (CD)
The Mighty Terror - "Patricia Gone with Millicent" - Kings of Calypso (CD)
Natalie Cole - "Calypso Blues" - Take a Look (CD)
The Lion - "It's a Sin to Tell a Lie" - West Indian Rhythm (Bear Family Box Set) http://wfmu.org/playlists/shows/23271 ]]> http://wfmu.org/playlists/shows/23271 Mon, 07 Apr 2008 09:00:01 -0400 Irwin and WFMU 61:29 http://wfmu.org/playlists/shows/23269 Lord Kitchener - "Chinese Never Had a VJ Day" - Klassic Kitchener Vol. 1 (CD)
Lord Lebby - "Mama Don' Want No Rice No Peas No Coconut Oil" - Calypsos from Jamaica (LP)
Tony Ricardo - "West Indian Women" - WB Records 12"
The Lion - "Mamy Mine My Baby For Me" - West Indian Rhythm (Bear Family Box Set)
The Lion - "African War Call" - West Indian Rhythm (Bear Family Box Set)
Al Philip Iere Syncopators - "Play Mass, Don't Do Me That" - West Indian Rhythm (Bear Family Box Set)
Atilla the Hun - "Fire Brigade" - West Indian Rhythm (Bear Family Box Set)
Silver Stars Steelband - "Monday Night" - Pan Woman: Steelbands of Trinidad and Tobago (Delos CD)
Oscar Pettiford Orchestra - "Oscalypso" - Another One (LP)
Marvin Gaye - "Calypso Blues" - A Tribute to the Great Nat 'King' Cole (CD)
Les Baxter - "Calypso" - Les Baxter's Teen Drums (LP)
Baron - "Say, Say (My Soul's On Fire)" - This is Soca (Sire LP) http://wfmu.org/playlists/shows/23269 ]]> http://wfmu.org/playlists/shows/23269 Mon, 31 Mar 2008 09:00:02 -0400 Irwin and WFMU 57:33 http://wfmu.org/playlists/shows/23268 Codallo's Top Hatters Orchestra - "The History of Man" - West Indian Rhythm (Bear Family Box Set)
The Caresser - "Theresa" - West Indian Rhythm (Bear Family Box Set)
Joe Coggins - "Me and My Neighbor Don't Agree" - West Indian Rhythm (Bear Family Box Set)
Milo and the Kings with Lord Spectacular - "New York Situation" - Cab Records 45 single 103
unidentified ensemble - "Calypso in Drums" - Drums of Trinidad: Tribal Rhythms of Carriacou (CD)
The Mighty Prince Galloway and Milo and the Kings - "Runaway Calypsonian" - Cab Records 45 single 105A
Walter Gavitt Ferguson - "Rhumba en Cahuita" - Dr. Bombodee (CD)
Georgie Johnson and His Rhythm Kings - "Happy Man" - West Indian Rhythm (Bear Family Box Set)
artist unidentified - "Hula-Hula Calypso" - Souvenir of Jamaica (CD)
Lord Kitchener - "Trouble" - Calypso Cavalcade Vol. 3 (LP)
The Sparrow (?) - "Donkey Want Water" - Calypso Cavalcade Vol. 3 (LP)
Mighty Sparrow - "Jerk" - Sparrow at the Hilton (LP)
The Lion - "Sa Gomes' Emporium" - West Indian Rhythm (Bear Family Box Set)
The Carnival's Vagabonds - "We Want Sa Gomes" - West Indian Rhythm (Bear Family Box Set)
Atilla the Hun and Lord Executor - "The Drinker and the Gambler" - West Indian Rhythm (Bear Family Box Set) http://wfmu.org/playlists/shows/23268 ]]> http://wfmu.org/playlists/shows/23268 Mon, 24 Mar 2008 09:00:01 -0400 Irwin and WFMU 60:43 http://wfmu.org/playlists/shows/23267 The Mighty Prince Galloway and Milo and the Kings - "Confusion Men" - Cab Records 45 single 105B
Zeda - "Captain, Put Me Ashore" - West Indian Rhythm (Bear Family 10-CD Box Set)
Joe Coggins - "Give Me Back Me Ring" - West Indian Rhythm (Bear Family Box Set)
The Lion - "Ancient Carnival" - West Indian Rhythm (Bear Family Box Set)
Sir Jablonski with Gean Jefferson and the Kings - "More Pork" - Duque Records 45 single P105
Atilla the Hun - "Manuelita" - West Indian Rhythm (Bear Family Box Set)
The Tiger - "The Beautiful Land of Iere" - West Indian Rhythm (Bear Family Box Set)
Codallo's Top Hatters Orchestra - "Hold Your Hand, Madam Khan" - West Indian Rhythm (Bear Family Box Set)
Codallo's Top Hatters Orchestra - "Bastardy" - West Indian Rhythm (Bear Family Box Set)
Lord Executor - "The Orphan Children" - West Indian Rhythm (Bear Family Box Set)
Baron with Ed Watson and Brass Circle - "Too Late" - Antillana Records 45 single 962A
The Count of Monte Cristo & Congo Bey - "Run, Joe, Run" - Calypso Vol. 3 (Grand Award Records LP)
Lord Kitchener - "Miss Bay Belle" - Tourist in Trinidad (LP)
Monarch - "Saltfish Tongue" - B's Calypso Classics Vol. 1 (CD)
artist unidentified - "Jamaica Mermaid" - Calypso from Jamaica (Ritmo LP) http://wfmu.org/playlists/shows/23267 ]]> http://wfmu.org/playlists/shows/23267 Mon, 17 Mar 2008 09:00:08 -0400 Irwin and WFMU 60:50 http://wfmu.org/playlists/shows/23265 Lord Executor - "My Troubles With Dorothy" - West Indian Rhythm (Bear Family 10-CD Box Set)
Joe Coggins and Zeda - "Will Dispute" - West Indian Rhythm (Bear Family 10-CD Box Set)
Harmony Kings Orchestra - "Jack's Broth" - West Indian Rhythm (Bear Family 10-CD Box Set)
Lord Kitchener with the Art DeCoteau Orchestra - "Miss Bay Belle" - Tourist in Trinidad (LP)
artist unidentified - "Limbo Bug" - World Music: Caribbean Carnival Vol. 2 (CD)
Sparrow's Troubadours - "Play Mas" - Jump-Up Time With Sparrow's Troubadours (LP)
Codallo's Top Hatters Orchestra - "I Want to Buy a Bungalow" - West Indian Rhythm (Bear Family 10-CD Box Set)
Atilla the Hun - "I Don't Want No Bungalow" - West Indian Rhythm (Bear Family 10-CD Box Set)
The Lion - "I Am Going to Buy a Bungalow" - West Indian Rhythm (Bear Family 10-CD Box Set)
Wilmoth Houdini - "Bobby Sox Idol" - Calypso Capers (LP)
Trini Lopez - "Devil Woman" - Welcome to Trini Country (CD)
Duke of Iron - "Convoy" - Calypso Vol. 3 (LP)
Duke of Iron - "Out de Fire" - Calypso Vol. 3 (LP)
Lord Shorty - "E Petee" - Sweet Sweet Music (LP) http://wfmu.org/playlists/shows/23265 ]]> http://wfmu.org/playlists/shows/23265 Mon, 03 Mar 2008 09:00:08 -0500 Irwin and WFMU 61:04 http://wfmu.org/playlists/shows/23266 artist unknown - "Brown Skin Gal" - Calypso Cavalcade Vol. 3 (LP)
Mighty Gypsy with Ed Watson and Brass Circle - "Succker [sic]" - Antillana Records 45 single 985B
Lord Kitchener - "Twenty to One" - Tourist in Trinidad (LP)
Codallo's Top Hatters Orchestra - "Bastardy" - West Indian Rhythm (Bear Family 10-CD Box Set)
Harmony Kings Orchestra - "Don't Touch Me" - West Indian Rhythm (Bear Family 10-CD Box Set)
Harmony Kings Orchestra - "O Lil', Lil' Gal" - West Indian Rhythm (Bear Family 10-CD Box Set)
Joe Coggins - "Show Me What You Could Do" - West Indian Rhythm (Bear Family 10-CD Box Set)
Robert Mitchum - "From a Logical Point of View" - Calypso ... Is Like So (CD)
Sparrow's Troubadours - "Queen of the Bands" - Jump-Up Time With Sparrow's Troubadours (LP)
Harmony Kings Orchestra - "Jack's Broth" - West Indian Rhythm (Bear Family 10-CD Box Set)
Walter Gavitt Ferguson - "National Park" - Dr. Bombodee (CD)
Sir Jablonski with Gean Jefferson and the Kings - "Soul - My Maria" - Duque Records 45 single P106
Baron - "Soca Espanol" - Full of Fire (LP) http://wfmu.org/playlists/shows/23266 ]]> http://wfmu.org/playlists/shows/23266 Mon, 03 Mar 2008 09:00:02 -0500 Irwin and WFMU 59:06 http://wfmu.org/playlists/shows/23264 The Deacon - "The Stranger" - The Roots of Calypso (CD)
Mona Baptiste - "Calypso Blues" - London is the Place for Me 2: Calypso & Kwela, Highlife & Jazz From Young Black London (CD)
Lord Panama - "Gumbo Calypso" - Calypsos From Panama (LP)
The Andrews Sisters - "Money Is the Root of All Evil" - V Disc Recordings (CD)
Blueboy (a.k.a. Superblue) - "Superman" - Superman (LP)
Sparrow's Troubadours - "Levey Macco" - Jump-Up Time With Sparrow's Troubadours (LP)
King Timothy - "Gerrard Street" - London is the Place for Me 2: Calypso & Kwela, Highlife & Jazz From Young Black London (CD)
Lord Beginner - "Nobody Wants to Grow Old" - London is the Place for Me 2: Calypso & Kwela, Highlife & Jazz From Young Black London (CD)
Sonny Rollins - "Brown Skin Girl" - The Complete RCA Victor Recordings (CD)
Walter Gavitt Ferguson - "72 Weeds" - Dr. Bombodee (CD)
Sir Jablonski - "Isabel" - Calypsos From Panama (LP)
Russ Henderson - "West Indian Drums" - London is the Place for Me 2: Calypso & Kwela, Highlife & Jazz From Young Black London (CD)
King Radio with Lionel Belasco and His Orchestra - "Madame, Take Back Your Basket" - Don't Stop the Carnival (CD) http://wfmu.org/playlists/shows/23264 ]]> http://wfmu.org/playlists/shows/23264 Mon, 25 Feb 2008 09:00:07 -0500 Irwin and WFMU 61:26 http://wfmu.org/playlists/shows/23263 Mighty Dougla - "Laziest Man" - Trinidad All-Time Calypso Hits - 1961 (LP)
Neville Marcano (Growling Tiger) with Lady Iere - "The Train Blow" - The Growling Tiger of Calypso (CD)
Walter Gavitt Ferguson - "Good" - Dr. Bombodee (CD)
Marty Robbins - "Devil Woman" - The Essential Marty Robbins (CD)
Baron - "Doh Rock It So" - B's Calypso Classic Vol. 1 (CD)
Timbuk3 - "Rassemble" - Stand Still (iTunes Music Store)
Puerto Rico All-Stars - "Calypso Bravo" - A Night in Jost Van Dyke: Carnival in St. Thomas (CD)
Grant-Lyttleton Paseo Jazz Band - "King Porter Stomp" - Port of Spain Shuffle (LP)
Monarch - "Saltfish Tongue" - B's Calypso Classic Vol. 1 (CD)
unknown - "Limbo Bug" - World Music: Caribbean Carnival Vol. 2 (CD)
Preston Epps - "Calypso Tina" - Preston Epps Calypso (LP)
The Monarchs - "Mama Look-a Boo-Boo" - Calypso Vol. 2 (Grand Award LP)
Telco Recording Orchestra - "The River" - Trinidad All-Time Calypso Hits - 1961 (LP) http://wfmu.org/playlists/shows/23263 ]]> http://wfmu.org/playlists/shows/23263 Mon, 18 Feb 2008 09:00:01 -0500 Irwin and WFMU 60:15 http://wfmu.org/playlists/shows/23262 Neville Marcano (Growling Tiger) - "Money Is King" - The Growling Tiger of Calypso (CD)
Calypso Rhythm Kings - "Breakaway" - Caribbean Connection (LP)
Executor, Caresser, Atilla & Lion - "War" - The Real Calypso 1927-1946 (LP)
George Brown - "Trinidad" - Caribbean Connection (LP)
Walter Gavitt Ferguson - "Glamour Girl" - Dr. Bombodee (CD)
Peter Carlsson and Blå Grodorna - "Svartvit Calypso" - Några Grammofoninspelningar (CD)
Timbuk3 - "Mucho Calypso" - Stand Still (CD)
The Growler - "Old Lady You Mashing My Toe" - Don't Stop the Carnival (CD)
The Playmates - "The Trouble With Man" - The Playmates Visit the West Indies (LP)
The Lion with Gerald Clark and his Caribbean Serenaders - "Bing Crosby" - Don't Stop the Carnival (CD)
The Island Champions - "River Den Come Down" - Calypso Cavalcade Vol. 3 (LP)
Two-Gun Smokey - "Donkey Race" - Calypsos from Panama (LP)
Lord Creator - "Mr. Rake and Scrape" - Pepper Pot: Calypso Songs Me Mama Never Taught Me (LP)
The Mighty Zebra with the La Motta Brothers - "Work Kill My Family" - Calypso From the Virgin Islands (LP)
Ile Axe - "Calyps'o Samb'" - Calyps'o Samb' (CD)
Walter Gavitt Ferguson - "Rhumba en Cahuita" - Dr. Bombodee (CD) http://wfmu.org/playlists/shows/23262 ]]> http://wfmu.org/playlists/shows/23262 Mon, 11 Feb 2008 09:00:07 -0500 Irwin and WFMU 61:18 http://wfmu.org/playlists/shows/23261 The Island Champions - "My Advice to Men" - Calypso Cavalcade Vol. 3 (LP)
Lord Beginner - "Mix Up Matrimony" - London Is the Place For Me: Trinidadian Calypso in London 1950-1956 (CD)
Preston Epps - "Divorce" - Preston Epps Calypso (LP)
Lord Melody - "Creature from the Black Lagoon" - Calypso Cavalcade Vol. 3 (LP)
Duke of Iron - "Man Centipede" - Duke of Iron (LP)
Arrow - "Menu" - Hot Hot Hot (LP)
Kizzy Ruiz - "Collateral Damage" - True True Calypso 2004 (CD)
Black Czar - "My Visit to Seville" - Calypsos from Panama (LP)
Atilla the Hun - "Where Was Butler?" - Where Was Butler? (LP)
The Lion with Gerald Clark and his Caribbean Serenaders - "Kalenda March" - Caribbean Connection (LP)
Oscar Pettiford - "Oscalypso" - The Finest of Oscar Pettiford (LP)
Lili Verona - "Massa Johnnie" - Caribbean Connection (LP)
Alan Lomax - "introduction to "Land of Canaan"" - Calypso At Midnight! (CD)
Lord Invader, Duke of Iron and Chorus - "Happy Land of Canaan" - Calypso At Midnight! (CD)
The Monarchs - "Calypso Medley" - Calypso Vol. 2 (Grand Award LP)
Lord Invader - "Teddy Boy Calypso (Bring Back the Old Cat-O-Nine)" - Kings of Calypso (CD) http://wfmu.org/playlists/shows/23261 ]]> http://wfmu.org/playlists/shows/23261 Mon, 04 Feb 2008 09:00:08 -0500 Irwin and WFMU 57:30 http://wfmu.org/playlists/shows/23260 Lord Kitchener - "Sweet Jamaica" - London Is the Place For Me: Trinidadian Calypso in London 1950-1956 (CD)
Atilla The Hun - "Mr. Nankivell's Speech" - Where Was Butler? (LP)
Lord Invader - "Aguiti" - London Is the Place For Me: Trinidadian Calypso in London 1950-1956 (CD)
Bill Rogers - "Sightseeing in the U.K." - Port of Spain Shuffle (LP)
Arrow - "Bills" - Instant Knockout (LP)
Mighty Sparrow - "Jerk" - Sparrow at the Hilton (LP)
Marcia Miranda - "Wukerman" - This Is Soca (Music Club CD)
Tony Johnson - "Linstead Market" - Port of Spain Shuffle (LP)
Tony Johnson - "Mattie Rag" - Caribbean Connection (LP)
Lord Melody - "Moses" - Lord Melody Sings Calypso (Cook/Smithsonian CD)
Noel Anthony - "Down the Line" - Kings of Calypso (CD)
Mighty Swallow - "Tumble Down Jouvert" - The Hitman (LP)
The Percentie Brothers - "Goombay Drum" - Putamayo Presents Calypso: VIntage Songs from the Caribbean (CD)
The Mighty Terror - "Kitch Cavalcade" - Kings of Calypso (CD)
Lord Invader - "Mahalia, I Want Back My Dollar" - Kings of Calypso (CD) http://wfmu.org/playlists/shows/23260 ]]> http://wfmu.org/playlists/shows/23260 Mon, 28 Jan 2008 09:00:07 -0500 Irwin and WFMU 58:06 http://wfmu.org/playlists/shows/23259 Mighty Sparrow - "Rufus" - Sparrow at the Hilton (LP)
Wrangler - "Bongo Man" - Hellish Calypso (Cook Records/Smithsonian CD)
Leslie Scott & Irene Williams - "Scratch Me Back" - Legends of Calypso (CD)
Scrunter - "She Wants Me To Sing in the Party" - This Is Soca (Sire LP)
Lyttleton Paseo Band - "Mamzelle Josephine" - Port of Spain Shuffle (LP)
Bill Rogers - "Daddy Gone" - Port of Spain Shuffle (LP)
Mighty Spoiler - "Girls With Glasses" - Unspoilt (CD)
Mighty Spoiler - "Magistrate Try Himself" - Unspoilt (CD)
Lord Kitchener - "Come Back With Me Wife Nighty" - Calypso Cavalcade Vol. 3 (LP)
Lord Melody - "Aphan Taat" - Calypso Cavalcade Vol. 3 (LP)
Lord Melody - "Kathleen" - Calypso Through the Looking Glass (Cook Records/Smithsonian CD)
Arrow - "De Music" - Instant Knockout (LP)
The Torpedo - "Belly Lick" - Kings of Calypso (CD)
Ry Cooder - "F.D.R. in Trinidad" - Into the Purple Valley (LP)
Herbert Howard and the Brute Force Steel Band - "Reel and Turn" - Dance Calypso (Cook Records/Smithsonian CD) http://wfmu.org/playlists/shows/23259 ]]> http://wfmu.org/playlists/shows/23259 Mon, 21 Jan 2008 09:00:07 -0500 Irwin and WFMU 59:47 http://wfmu.org/playlists/shows/23258 Andre Toussaint - "Watermelon Spoilin'" - Legends of Calypso (CD)
Calypso Mama - "Don't Touch Me Tomato" - Legends of Calypso (CD)
Black Czar - "Rookoombey" - Calypsos from Panama (LP)
Black Czar - "Bamboo Dance" - Calypsos from Panama (LP)
Arrow - "De Music" - Instant Knock-Out (LP)
Mighty Spoiler - "Mad Scientist (What the Scientist Say)" - Unspoilt (Ice CD)
Lady Trixie - "Baptism" - Calypsos from Panama (LP)
The Calypso Rhythm Kings - "Port of Spain Shuffle" - Port of Spain Shuffle (LP)
Baron - "Sweet Soca Man" - The Very Best of Baron (CD)
Colin Kelly - "The Snorkel Song" - Legends of Calypso (CD)
Mighty Panther - "The Big Bamboo" - Legends of Calypso (CD)
Small Island Pride - "Boxing Bout" - Dance Calypso (Emory Cook Collection/Smithsonian CD)
Lord Melody - "Si Senor" - Calypso Through the Looking Glass (Cook Records/Smithsonian CD) http://wfmu.org/playlists/shows/23258 ]]> http://wfmu.org/playlists/shows/23258 Mon, 14 Jan 2008 09:00:07 -0500 Irwin and WFMU 63:16 http://wfmu.org/playlists/shows/23257 Lord Melody - "Long Time Story" - Lord Melody Sings Calypso (Cook Records/Smithsonian CD)
Lord Beginner - "Rum, More Rum" - Caribbean Connection (LP)
Lord Beginner - "The Dollar and the Pound" - Caribbean Connection (LP)
Sidney Bechet - "Sous les Palmiers" - Tropical Mood (LP)
Two-Gun Smokey - "Bush" - Calypsos from Panama (LP)
Wilmoth Houdini - "War Declaration" - Calypso Pioneers (Rounder CD)
The Executor - "My Reply to Houdini" - Calypso Pioneers (Rounder CD)
Lord Kitchener - "Nora" - Caribbean Connection (LP)
Nap Hepburn - "Donkey Must Wear Pants" - Hellish Calypso (Cook Records/Smithsonian CD)
Lord Panama - "Grandma's Calypso" - Calypsos from Panama (LP)
The Lion - "Ugly Woman" - Port of Spain Shuffle (LP)
Lord Melody - "Turn Back, Melody" - Calypso Through the Looking Glass (Cook Records/Smithsonian CD)
The Lion - "It's a Sin to Tell a Lie" - Calypso Carnival 1936-1941 (Rounder CD)
Lord Melody - "The River" - Calypso Through the Looking Glass (Cook Records/Smithsonian CD) http://wfmu.org/playlists/shows/23257 ]]> http://wfmu.org/playlists/shows/23257 Mon, 07 Jan 2008 09:00:07 -0500 Irwin and WFMU 59:14 http://wfmu.org/playlists/shows/23256 Wrangler - "Chinese Wife" - Hellish Calypso (Cook Records/Smithsonian CD)
Lord Melody - "Canada So Cold" - Lord Melody Sings Calypso (Cook Records/Smithsonian CD)
Lord Melody - "Peddlers" - Lord Melody Sings Calypso (Cook Records/Smithsonian CD)
Professor Longhair - "Rum and Coke (a.k.a. Rum & Coca-Cola)" - Rock 'n' Roll Gumbo (CD)
Merrick's Orchestra - "Married to You" - Calypso Pioneers 1912-1937 (Rounder CD)
Sam Manning - "Sly Mongoose" - Calypso Pioneers 1912-1937 (Rounder CD)
Lord Melody - "The Letter" - Calypso Through the Looking Glass (Cook Records/Smithsonian CD)
Lord Melody - "Belmont Jackass" - Calypso Through the Looking Glass (Cook Records/Smithsonian CD)
The La Motta Brothers and the Virgin Islanders with Bill Fleming (vocal) - "Alfredo Boy" - Modern Calypso (Vik LP)
The La Motta Brothers and the Virgin Islanders with Bill Fleming (vocal) - "Voodoo Woman" - Modern Calypso (Vik LP)
The Mighty Bomber - "Celita" - Calypso Cross-Section (Cook Records/Smithsonian CD)
Cyril Monrose String Orchestra - "Tres Bemoles-valse" - Calypso Carnival 1936-1941 (Rounder CD)
Gerald Clark and His Caribbean Sereneders - "La Rosa-valse" - Calypso Carnival 1936-1941 (Rounder CD)
Harmony Kings Orchestra - "Anything for Love - Tango Calypso" - Calypso Carnival 1936-1941 (Rounder CD)
Bill Rogers - "West Indian Weed Woman" - Calypso Pioneers 1912-1937 (Rounder CD) http://wfmu.org/playlists/shows/23256 ]]> http://wfmu.org/playlists/shows/23256 Mon, 31 Dec 2007 09:00:07 -0500 Irwin and WFMU 61:06 http://wfmu.org/playlists/shows/23255 Wrangler - "Gamecock" - Calypso Cross-Section (Cook Records/Smithsonian CD)
The Mighty Bomber - "Old Man's Darling" - Calypso Cross-Section (Cook Records/Smithsonian CD)
The Growler - "Too Botheration" - Calypsos From Trinidad: Politics, Intrigue & Violence in the 1930s (Arhoolie CD)
The La Motta Brothers and the Virgin Islanders with Bill Fleming (vocal) - "Vim, Vigor and Vitality" - Modern Calypso (Vik LP)
Samaroo Jets - "Brisad del Zulia" - Steelbands of Trinidad and Tobago (Delos CD)
Calypso Franco - "Take Your Mouth Out of My Business" - Want All - Get None (LP)
The Rudy Smith Trio - "There Will Never Be Another You" - Jazz 'n' Steel From Trinidad and Tobago (Delos CD)
Lord Kitchener - "All Fool's Day" - Mr. Kitch (LP)
Lord Kitchener - "On the Telephone" - Calypso Kitch (LP)
Mighty Sparrow - "Eve" - First Flight: Early Calypsos from the Emory Cook Collection (CD)
Wilmoth Houdini - "Mama, Call the Fire Brigade" - Calypso Carnival 1936-1941 (CD)
Alan Lomax and Macbeth the Great - "introduction to "Man Smart, Woman Smarter"" - Calypso at Midnight! (CD)
Macbeth the Great - "Man Smart, Woman Smarter" - Calypso at Midnight! (CD)
Macbeth the Great - "Mamaguy" - Calypso Cross-Section (Cook Records/Smithsonian CD)
Wrangler - "Soda Water" - Calypso Cross-Section (Cook Records/Smithsonian CD) http://wfmu.org/playlists/shows/23255 ]]> http://wfmu.org/playlists/shows/23255 Mon, 24 Dec 2007 09:00:08 -0500 Irwin and WFMU 57:54 http://wfmu.org/playlists/shows/23254 Lord Kitchener - "Leave Them in Jail" - Mr. Kitch (LP)
King Fighter - "He Na Dead Yet" - Hellish Calypso (Cook Records/Smithsonian CD)
Small Island Pride - "Bad Payment" - Calypso Cross-Section (Cook Records/Smithsonian CD)
Blinky & the Roadmasters - "Pussy Whiskers" - Crucian Scratch Band Music (CD)
Mighty Sparrow - "Sparrow Dead" - Hot & Sweet (CD)
Calypso Franco - "Genevive" - Want All - Get None (LP)
The Mighty Bomber - "Kiss of Fire" - Hellish Calypso (Cook Records/Smithsonian CD)
The La Motta Brothers and the Virgin Islanders with Bill Fleming (vocal) - "Yo' Got to Know What To Do (With What Yo' Got)" - Modern Calypso (Vik LP)
Perez Prado - "O.K. Joe Calypso" - "Prez" (CD)
Wrangler - "Limbo Teacher" - Hellish Calypso (Cook Records/Smithsonian CD)
Lord Flea and His Calypsonians - "Naughty Little Flea" - Swingin' Calypsos (LP)
The Merrymen - "Sloop John B" - Best of the Merrymen (LP)
Gerald Clark and His Caribbean Serenaders - "Si-O-No Valse" - Calypso Carnival 1936-1941 (CD)
The Growler - "High Brown" - Calypso Carnival 1936-1941 (CD)
Viper - "High Brown" - Hellish Calypso (Cook Records/Smithsonian CD) http://wfmu.org/playlists/shows/23254 ]]> http://wfmu.org/playlists/shows/23254 Mon, 17 Dec 2007 09:00:07 -0500 Irwin and WFMU 58:44 http://wfmu.org/playlists/shows/23253 Shurwayne Winchester - "Can't Wait" - Evolution (CD)
Baron - "Tell Me Why" - The Very Best of Baron (CD)
Mighty Sparrow - "Oriental Touch" - Mighty Sparrow, Vol. 2 (Ice Records CD)
Macbeth the Great - "Oh, Lady You're Mashin' My Toe" - Calypso Holiday (LP)
Mighty Dougla - "Laziest Man" - Trinidad All-Time Calypso Hits - 1961 (LP)
The Esso Trinidad Steel Band - "If You Let Me Make Love To You Then Why Can't I Touch You?" - Van Dyke Parks Presents The Esso Trinidad Steel Band (CD)
King Short Shirt - "Push" - Leroy (LP)
Lord Melody - "Grine Um" - Ah Feel to Party: Best of Straker's (CD)
Felix and His Krazy Kats - "Bei Mir Bist Du Schoen" - Calypso Breakaway 1927-1941 (Rounder CD)
Melody Prince - "Miami" - Calypsos From Trinidad (LP)
Lord Flea and His Calypsonians - "Magic Composer" - Swingin' Calypsos (LP)
Lord Melody - "London Town" - Precious Melodies (CD)
Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band - "Look Out There's A Monster Coming" - Gorilla (LP)
Atilla the Hun - "Dynamite" - Calypso Breakaway 1927-1941 (Rounder CD)
Lord Kitchener - "My Pussin" - Mr. Kitch (LP) http://wfmu.org/playlists/shows/23253 ]]> http://wfmu.org/playlists/shows/23253 Mon, 10 Dec 2007 09:00:06 -0500 Irwin and WFMU 62:14 http://wfmu.org/playlists/shows/23252 Crazy - "Rosie" - On De Loose (CD)
Pandigenous - "Granny" - Pan Woman - Steel Bands of Trinidad and Tobago (Delos CD)
The La Motta Brothers and the Virgin Islanders with Bill Fleming (vocal) - "Breakfast in a Flying Saucer (Lunch in a Hot Plate)" - Modern Calypso (Vik LP)
Lord Flea and His Calypsonians - "Calypso Be-Bop" - Swingin' Calypsos (LP)
Lord Melody - "Mama Want Me" - Precious Melodies (CD)
Macabeth the Great - "Outside" - Calypso Holiday (LP)
Mighty Sparrow - "Duncan" - Calypso Carnival (LP)
Lord Creator - "Mr. Rake and Scrape" - Pepper Pot: Calypso Songs Me Mama Never Taught Me (LP)
Lord Kitchener - "Steel Band Music" - Klassic Kitchener Vol. 1 (CD)
Lord Kitchener - "If You're Brown" - Klassic Kitchener Vol. 1 (CD)
Baldhead Growler - "The Sausage" - Klassic Kitchener Vol. 1 (CD)
Lord Nelson - "The Itch" - Garrot Bounce (LP)
Eddie & The Movements - "Ouch, Ouch" - Ammunition (LP)
Mighty Sparrow - "Harry in the Piggery" - First Flight: Early Calypsos from the Emory Cook Collection (CD) http://wfmu.org/playlists/shows/23252 ]]> http://wfmu.org/playlists/shows/23252 Mon, 03 Dec 2007 09:00:07 -0500 Irwin and WFMU 62:29 http://wfmu.org/playlists/shows/23251 Samuel E. Wright - "Under the Sea" - The Little Mermaid (soundtrack from the motion picture)
Lord Kitchener - "Tie Tongue Mopsy" - Klassic Kitchener Vol. 1 (CD)
Lord Kitchener - "Old Lady Walk a Mile and a Half" - Klassic Kitchener Vol. 1 (CD)
Lord Melody - "Grine Um" - Ah Feel to Party: Best of Straker's (CD)
The Merrymen - "Sam Lord" - The Merrymen Story, Part 2 (courtesy listener Karl)
Young Creole - "Don't Jealous Them" - Kay Records single R45/551 (seg from NBS Radio aircheck ca. 1986)
Roaring Lion - "The Weather Man" - Sacred 78s (CD)
Atilla the Hun - "Miss Bombilla Brown" - Juneberry Ethnic Series: The Real Calypso, Vol. 3 (CD)
E. T. Mensah - "Donkey Calypso" - All For You (CD)
Kizzy Ruiz - "Collateral Damage" - True True Calypso 2004 (CD)
Solo Harmonites - "Soca Baptist" - Pan Woman - Steel Bands of Trinidad and Tobago (Delos CD)
Sing De Chorus - "Coldness of the Water (The Growler)" - Sing De Chorus: Calypso from Trinidad and Tobago (Delos CD)
The Lion - "Trinidad, Land of Calypso" - Black Music in Britain, The Early '50s, Vol. 2 (LP)
The Merrymen - "Big Bamboo" - The Merrymen Story, Part 2 (courtesy listener Karl)
Duke of Iron - "The Music Lesson" - Calypsos Too Hot To Handle (LP) http://wfmu.org/playlists/shows/23251 ]]> http://wfmu.org/playlists/shows/23251 Mon, 26 Nov 2007 09:00:01 -0500 Irwin and WFMU 60:45 http://wfmu.org/playlists/shows/23250 Lord Creator - "Race Track" - Pepper Pot: Calypso Songs Me Mama Never Taught Me (LP)
Explainer - "Park It" - It's All Inclusive (CD)
Count Robin - "Sparrow" - Ah Feel to Party: Best of Straker's (CD)
Lord Kitchener with the Art DeCoteau Orchestra - "Jerico" - Tourist in Trinidad (LP)
Edmundo Ros and His Orchestra - "One At A Time" - Ros Presents Calypsos (10" EP)
The Rudy Smith Trio - "Blues for Rasta Prasta" - Jazz 'n' Steel From Trinidad and Tobago (Delos CD)
Mighty Sparrow - "The Slave" - Mighty Sparrow Sings True Life Stories of Passion, People and Politics (LP)
E. T. Mensah - "St. Peter's Calypso" - All For You (CD)
Lionel Belasco Orchestra - "The Palms of Maracaibo" - Goodnight Ladies and Gents : The Creole Music of Lionel Belasco (CD)
Lionel Belasco Orchestra - "Esperanzas" - Goodnight Ladies and Gents : The Creole Music of Lionel Belasco (CD)
Lionel Belasco Orchestra (vocal: Wilmoth Houdini) - "You Bob" - Goodnight Ladies and Gents : The Creole Music of Lionel Belasco (CD)
Roaring Lion - "Bananas" - Scared 78s (CD)
Count Lasher & Wiliiams with Lyn Tait & Baba Brooks Band - "Bam Bam" - Trojan Calypso Box Set (CD)
Phil Madison - "Caroni Swamp" - Calypso Pioneers 1912-1937 (Rounder CD) http://wfmu.org/playlists/shows/23250 ]]> http://wfmu.org/playlists/shows/23250 Mon, 19 Nov 2007 09:00:01 -0500 Irwin and WFMU 61:10 http://wfmu.org/playlists/shows/23249 Exodus Steel Band - "Pan Woman" - Pan Woman - Steel Bands of Trinidad and Tobago (Delos CD)
The Caresser - "Paramaribo" - Calypsos From Trinidad: Politics, Intrigue & Violence in the 1930s (Arhoolie CD)
The Tiger - "Try a Screw to Get Through" - Calypsos From Trinidad: Politics, Intrigue & Violence in the 1930s (Arhoolie CD)
The Jolly Boys - "Touch Me Tomato" - Pop 'n' Mento (LP)
Marie Bryant - "Don't Touch Me Tomato" - Calypsos Too Hot to Handle (LP)
Four Deuces - "Nora" - Bermuda Records 7" EP
Atilla The Hun and Lord Beginner - "Iere Now and Long Ago" - Calypsos From Trinidad: Politics, Intrigue & Violence in the 1930s (Arhoolie CD)
Lord Melody - "Cowboy Sparrow" - Calypso Awakening: From the Emory Cook Collection 1956-1962 (Smithsonian CD)
Lord Ivanhoe & His Caribbean Knights - "The Water Gobbler" - Trojan Calypso Box Set (CD)
Duke and The Jamaica Five - "Hungry Woman" - Kalypso and Ska (LP)
Lionel Belasco (piano solo) - "Buddy Abraham" - Calypso Calaloo: Early Carnival Music from Trinidad (CD)
The Lion - "Excursion to Grenada" - Juneberry Ethnic Series: The Real Calypso, Vol. 3 (CD)
Gerald Clark & His Night Owls - "Carmelita" - Calypso Pioneers 1912-1937 (Rounder CD) http://wfmu.org/playlists/shows/23249 ]]> http://wfmu.org/playlists/shows/23249 Mon, 12 Nov 2007 09:00:01 -0500 Irwin and WFMU 59:45 http://wfmu.org/playlists/shows/23248 The Mighty Duke - "Woop Wap" - Caribbean Carnival (LP)
Blakie (Carlton Joseph) - "Message to the Police" - Vintage Blakie (CD)
Superblue - "Barbara" - This is Soca (Music Club CD)
Nap Hepburn - "The River" - Trinidad All-Time Calypso Hits - 1961 (LP)
Duke of Iron - "Merengue Jenny" - Calypso! (Crowell-Collier LP)
Sam Manning - "Let Go My Hand" - Juneberry Ethnic Series: The Real Calypso, Vol. 3 (CD)
The Executor - "Three Friends' Advice" - Juneberry Ethnic Series: The Real Calypso, Vol. 3 (CD)
Duke of Iron & His Trinidad Calypso Troubadours - "Mambo Calypso" - Calypso! (Crowell-Collier LP)
Duke Errol and the Lords - "Mama Look-A Boo-Boo" - Island in the Sun (LP)
Eartha Kitt - "Somebody Bad Stole De Wedding Bell" - Greatest Hits: Purr-fect (CD)
Marie Bryant - "Don't Touch Me Tomato" - Calypsos Too Hot to Handle (LP)
Luis Bonfa - "Calypso Minor" - Sambolero (CD)
Keskidee Trio - "Congo Bara" - Calypso Pioneers (CD)
Edmundo Ros and His Orchestra - "Deesapointment" - Ros Presents Calypsos (10" EP)
Mr. Calypson - "Muhummad Ali" - Trojan Calypso Box Set (CD)
Gypsy - "Sing Ram Bam" - This Is Soca (Sire LP) http://wfmu.org/playlists/shows/23248 ]]> http://wfmu.org/playlists/shows/23248 Mon, 05 Nov 2007 09:00:01 -0500 Irwin and WFMU 61:46 http://wfmu.org/playlists/shows/23287 Duke of Iron - "Man Is Easy Fish" - Calypso! (Crowell-Collier LP)
Sir Lancelot - "G-Man Hoover" - Juneberry Ethnic Series: The Real Calypso, Vol. 3 (CD)
Executor, Caresser, Atilla & Lion - "War" - Juneberry Ethnic Series: The Real Calypso, Vol. 3 (CD)
Alfi & Harry (Ross Bagdasarian) - "Safari" - Liberty 7" single 55066
Lord Kitchener - "Pan in the 21st Century" - Klassic Kitchener Vol. 3 (CD)
Pompey - "Doctor, Doctor" - This Is Soca (Sire LP)
Mighty Sparrow - "Village Ram" - Trojan Calypso Box Set (CD)
Wilmoth Houdini & His Calypso Parliament - "Bobby Sox Idol" - Calypso Capers (FDR LP)
The Lion - "The Four Mills Brothers" - Juneberry Ethnic Series: The Real Calypso, Vol. 3 (CD)
The Tiger - "Money is King" - Juneberry Ethnic Series: The Real Calypso, Vol. 3 (CD)
Duke of Iron - "The Music Lesson" - Calypsos Too Hot To Handle (LP)
Lord Kitchener - "Kitch, You So Sweet" - Trojan Calypso Box Set (CD)
Atilla the Hun - "Goodwill Flyers" - Juneberry Ethnic Series: The Real Calypso, Vol. 3 (CD)
Wilmoth Houdini - "The Million Dollar Feet" - Juneberry Ethnic Series: The Real Calypso, Vol. 3 (CD)
Lord Creator - "Mable" - Pepper Pot: Calypso Songs Me Mama Never Taught Me (LP) http://wfmu.org/playlists/shows/23287 ]]> http://wfmu.org/playlists/shows/23287 Mon, 29 Oct 2007 09:00:01 -0400 Irwin and WFMU 61:01 http://wfmu.org/playlists/shows/23246 Count Lasher with Lyn Tait & Baba Brooks Band - "The Weed" - The Trojan Calypso Box (CD)
Duke of Iron - "Miss Constance" - More Calypsos from the Duke of Iron (LP)
Duke of Iron - "One Gone" - More Calypsos from the Duke of Iron (LP)
Duke Errol and the Lords - "Shame and Scandal" - Island in the Sun (LP)
Lord Creator - "The Lizard" - Pepper Pot: Calypso Songs Me Mama Never Taught Me (LP)
Rustee & Karla - "Maturity" - This Is Soca (Music Club CD)
Merchant - "Pan in Danger" - NBS Radio (Trinidad) aircheck 1985 or '86
Ziggy - "Josie" - NBS Radio (Trinidad) aircheck 1985 or '86
Phase II Pan Groove - "Sunset" - Steelbands of Trinidad and Tobago (Delos CD)
Count Lasher & Wiliiams with Lyn Tait & Baba Brooks Band - "'Mufradite" - The Trojan Calypso Box (CD)
Lord Cristo - "Dumb Boy & Parrot" - The Trojan Calypso Box (CD)
David Rudder with Charlie's Roots - "Dedication" - This Is Soca (Sire LP)
Max Woiski Sr. - "Nescafe Calypso" - German Pop No. 2 (CD) http://wfmu.org/playlists/shows/23246 ]]> http://wfmu.org/playlists/shows/23246 Mon, 22 Oct 2007 09:00:01 -0400 Irwin and WFMU 60:52 http://wfmu.org/playlists/shows/23245 Mighty Sparrow - "Vanessa" - NBS Radio (Trinidad) aircheck 1985 or '86
Lord Creator - "Paint Up, Clean Up Time" - The Trojan Calypso Box (CD)
Lord Invader - "You Don't Need Glasses to See" - Juneberry Ethnic Series: The Real Calypso, Vol. 1 (CD)
Wilmoth Houdini with Gerald Clark's Iere String Band - "Uncle Jo', Gimme Mo!" - Calypso Calaloo (Rounder CD)
Lionel Belasco Orchestra (vocal: E. Peters) - "Why Me Neighbor Vex With Me" - Goodnight Ladies and Gents: The Creole Music of Lionel Belasco (CD)
The Mighty Terror & His Calypsonians - "Brownskin Gal" - The Trojan Calypso Box (CD)
Colin Lucas - "Dollar Wine" - This Is Soca (Music Club CD)
Samaroo Jets - "Brisad del Zulia" - Steelbands of Trinidad and Tobago (Delos CD)
Baron - "Say, Say (My Soul's On Fire)" - This Is Soca (Sire LP)
Talbot Brothers - "Too Much Rock'n'Roll" - Bermuda Holiday (LP)
Duke of Iron - "Small Island" - Juneberry Ethnic Series: The Real Calypso, Vol. 1 (CD)
Small Island Pride - "Taxi Driver" - Calypso Awakening (CD) http://wfmu.org/playlists/shows/23245 ]]> http://wfmu.org/playlists/shows/23245 Mon, 15 Oct 2007 09:00:01 -0400 Irwin and WFMU 59:48 http://wfmu.org/playlists/shows/23244 Lili Verona - "Massa Johnny" - unknown source (cassette)
Roaring Lion - "Rhumba Dance" - Sacred 78s (CD)
Lord Kitchener - "Warning to Men" - Mr. Kitch (LP)
Mighty Sparrow - "Jane" - Hot + Sweet (CD)
Tambu with Charlie's Roots - "Yes Darling" - This is Soca (Sire LP)
Samaroo Jets - "Calypso Music" - Steelbands of Trinidad and Tobago (Delos CD)
The Duke of Iron - "The Postman" - Calypsos Too Hot To Handle (LP)
Robert Mitchum - "Tic, Tic, Tic" - Calypso -- Is Like So ... (CD)
Lord Invader - "Mary Ann" - Juneberry Ethnic Series: The Real Calypso, Vol. 1 (CD)
John Buddy Williams Band - "Saturday Night Blowout" - Calypso Awakening (CD)
Wrangler - "Neighbor Jacqueline" - Calypso Awakening (CD)
Lord Kitchener - "No Melda" - Klassic Kitchener Vol. 2 (CD)
Lionel Belasco's Orchestra - "Sally You Not Ashamed" - Send Your Children to the Orphan Home (LP)
The Lion - "Out The Fire" - Send Your Children to the Orphan Home (LP) http://wfmu.org/playlists/shows/23244 ]]> http://wfmu.org/playlists/shows/23244 Tue, 09 Oct 2007 14:50:13 -0400 Irwin and WFMU 59:20 http://wfmu.org/playlists/shows/23243 Lord Kitchener - "My Pussin" - Mr. Kitch (RCA LP)
Lord Kitchener - "Big Toe" - Calypsos Too Hot to Handle (Melodisc LP)
Lord Kitchener - "Women in New York" - Calypsos With and Without Social Significance (Request LP)
Lord Kitchener - "My Brother, Your Sister" - Calypso Kitch (RCA LP)
Lord Kitchener - "Red Head" - Calypsos Too Hot to Handle (Melodisc LP)
Lord Kitchener - "Too Much Holidays" - Still Escalating (JW Productions CD)
Lord Kitchener - "Love in the Cemetery" - Klassic Kitchener, Vol. 2 (Ice CD)
Lord Kitchener - "Kitch, Take It Easy" - Calypsos Too Hot to Handle (Melodisc LP)
Lord Kitchener - "Smoke a Cigarette" - Calypsos With and Without Social Significance (Request LP)
Lord Kitchener - "Drink-A-Rum" - Calypsos Too Hot to Handle, Vol. 2 (Melodisc LP)
Lord Kitchener - "London Is the Place For Me" - London Is the Place For Me: Trinidadian Calypso in London 1950-1956 (Honest Jons CD)
Lord Kitchener - "Kitch's Bebop Calypso" - London Is the Place For Me: Trinidadian Calypso in London 1950-1956 (Honest Jons CD)
Lord Kitchener - "Kitch in the Jungle" - London Is the Place For Me: Trinidadian Calypso in London 1950-1956 (Honest Jons CD)
Lord Kitchener - "Saxophone No. 2" - London Is the Place For Me: Trinidadian Calypso in London 1950-1956 (Honest Jons CD)
Lord Kitchener - "If You're Not White, You're Black" - London Is the Place For Me: Trinidadian Calypso in London 1950-1956 (Honest Jons CD)
Lord Kitchener - "The Wrecker" - Play Mas With Kitch (Tropico LP)
Lord Kitchener - "Dr. Kitch" - London Is the Place For Me, Vol. 2 (Honest Jons CD)
Lord Kitchener - "Pan in A Minor" - Calypso Classic, Vol. 1 (B's Records CD)
Lord Kitchener - "Cricket Champions" - '67 (RCA LP)
Lord Kitchener - "Mommie" - Calypsos With and Without Social Significance (Request LP)
Lord Kitchener - "Body Argument" - Mr. Kitch (RCA LP)
Lord Kitchener - "Take Yuh Meat Out Muh Rice" - Klassic Kitchener, Vol. 2 (Ice CD)
Lord Kitchener - "Cat Party in the Sky" - Calypso Kitch (RCA LP)
Lord Kitchener - "Sour Apple" - Calypsos With and Without Social Significance (Request LP)
Lord Kitchener - "Nosey Mother-in-Law" - Calypsos Too Hot to Handle, Vol. 2 (Melodisc LP)
Lord Kitchener - "Flag Woman" - Klassic Kitchener, Vol. 2 (Ice CD)
Lord Kitchener - "Rebound Wife" - Calypsos Too Hot to Handle, Vol. 2 (Melodisc LP) http://wfmu.org/playlists/shows/23243 ]]> http://wfmu.org/playlists/shows/23243 Thu, 04 Oct 2007 09:00:06 -0400 Irwin and WFMU 126:49 http://wfmu.org/playlists/shows/23242 Lord Invader - "Yankee Dollar" - Juneberry Ethnic Series: The Real Calypso, Vol. 1 (CD)
Lord Invader - "Sly Mongoose" - Juneberry Ethnic Series: The Real Calypso, Vol. 1 (CD)
Duke of Iron - "Jam Session" - Jungle Calypso (LP)
Blinky & the Roadmasters - "Matty Gru" - Crucian Scratch Band Music (CD)
Mighty Zebra & The La Motta Brothers - "Man Smart, Woman Smarter" - Calypso from the Virgin Islands (LP)
Bert McLean's Jazz Hounds - "Calaloo Calypso Swing" - Don't Stop the Carnival (CD)
Roaring Lion - "Ba Boo La La" - Sacred 78s (CD)
Roaring Lion - "I Can Make More Love Than Romeo" - Sacred 78s (CD)
Wilmoth Houdini with Gerald Clark's Iere String Band - "Sweet Like a Sugar Cane" - Don't Stop the Carnival (CD)
Blue Boy (Superblue) - "Soca in the Shaolin Temple" - Soca in the Shaolin Temple (LP)
Catella Trinidad All-Stars - "I Just Called to Say I Love You" - Steelbands of Trinidad and Tobago (CD)
The Talbot Brothers - "See What You Do" - The Talbot Brothers of Bermuda (LP)
Lord Creator - "Paint Up, Clean Up Time" - Trojan Calypso Box Set (CD)
Mighty Sparrow - "Behave Yourself" - Sparrow the Conqueror (LP) http://wfmu.org/playlists/shows/23242 ]]> http://wfmu.org/playlists/shows/23242 Mon, 01 Oct 2007 09:00:02 -0400 Irwin and WFMU 59:35 http://wfmu.org/playlists/shows/23240 The Fabulous McClevertys - "Rookoombay" - Calypso! (LP)
Sir Lancelot - "The Young Girls Today" - Juneberry Ethnic Series: The Real Calypso, Vol. 2 (CD)
Duke Errol and the Lords - "Fire Down Below" - Island in the Sun (CD)
Blakie - "Valdez Coming" - Vintage Blakie (CD)
Esso Trinidad Steelband - "Singer Man" - self-titled (CD)
Blinky & the Roadmasters - "Floatation Merengue" - Crucian Scratch Band Music (CD)
Lord Melody - "Saxophone" - Calypso Exposed (Cook LP)
Kalomo Kings - "Ramajay" - Panorama: Steelbands of Trinidad and Tobago (Delos CD)
Walter Gavitt Ferguson - "Going to Bocas" - Dr. Bombodee (CD)
Lord Macbeth - "Bad Bad Whiskey" - Calypso Holiday (LP)
The Growler - "Old Lady You Mashing My Toe" - Don't Stop the Carnival (CD)
Atilla the Hun - "Coffee, Coffee" - Juneberry Ethnic Series: The Real Calypso, Vol. 1 (CD)
Walter Gavitt Ferguson - "One Pant Man" - Dr. Bombodee (CD) http://wfmu.org/playlists/shows/23240 ]]> http://wfmu.org/playlists/shows/23240 Thu, 27 Sep 2007 09:00:07 -0400 Irwin and WFMU 54:58 http://wfmu.org/playlists/shows/23241 Duke of Iron - "Rookoobay" - Jungle Calypso (LP)
Duke of Iron - "Duke of Calypso" - Juneberry Ethnic Series: The Real Calypso, Vol. 2 (CD)
Mighty Sparrow - "Child Father" - Sparrow the Conqueror (LP)
Neal and Massy Trinidad All-Stars - "Pan in Yuh Ruckungkertungkung" - Panorama: Steelbands of Trinidad and Tobago (Delos CD)
Small Island Pride - "Mildred Don't Cry" - Calypso Atrocities (Cook LP)
Lord Commander - "No Crime, No Law" - Calypso Atrocities (Cook LP)
The Talbot Brothers - "You Can't Tell the Old from the Young" - The Talbot Brothers of Bermuda (LP)
The Mighty Terror - "Yankee Woman Ain't Cooking Sweet" - Pan Poetry (CD)
Lord Melody - "Let's Take a Chance" - Calypso Exposed (Cook LP)
Calypso Mama with the Lad Richards Orchestra - "Run Joe" - Calypso Mama (CD)
Trinidad Tripoli Steel Band - "Sabre Dance" - Liberace Presents the Trinidad Tripoli Steel Band (LP)
The Esso Trinidad Steel Band - "Erasmus B. Black" - self-titled (CD) http://wfmu.org/playlists/shows/23241 ]]> http://wfmu.org/playlists/shows/23241 Mon, 24 Sep 2007 09:00:01 -0400 Irwin and WFMU 60:52 http://wfmu.org/playlists/shows/23238 Sundar Popo - "Nana & Nani" - The Ultimate Sundar Popo (CD)
Neeshan "De Hitman" Prabhoo - "Mr. Shankar" - Chutney compilation (CD)
Sonny Mann - "Lotayla" - searching for source
Mighty Sparrow and Lord Melody - "Picong Duel" - Calypso Awakening (CD)
King Fighter - "Indo Law Na Say No" - Hellish Calypso (LP)
Dictator - "Chinese Cricket Match" - Dance Calypso (LP)
Superblue - "Jump for Joy" - Soca Matrix (CD)
Black Stalin - "Kaiso Gone Dread" - Roots Rock Soca (CD)
Machel Montano - "Scandalous" - single (CD)
Blazer - "Stages" - Constant Pressure SupaSoca (CD)
Jimmy Carroll - "Speed the Parting Guest" - Speed the Parting Guest (10" EP) http://wfmu.org/playlists/shows/23238 ]]> http://wfmu.org/playlists/shows/23238 Thu, 20 Sep 2007 09:00:07 -0400 Irwin and WFMU 68:23 http://wfmu.org/playlists/shows/23237 Small Island Pride - "Doggy in the Back Door" - Calypso Atrocities (Cook LP)
Atilla the Hun - "Coffee, Coffee" - Juneberry Ethnic Series: The Real Calypso, Vol. 1 (CD)
The Esso Trinidad Steel Band - "Apeman" - self-titled, prod. by Van Dyke Parks (CD)
Lord Invader - "You Don't Need Glasses to See" - Juneberry Ethnic Series: The Real Calypso, Vol. 1 (CD)
Duke of Iron - "Matilda" - Juneberry Ethnic Series: The Real Calypso, Vol. 1 (CD)
Tico Rondo and His Orchestra - "Stone Cold Dead in the Market" - Calypso (Promenade LP)
Ocbar with Geert Chatrou, World Champion Whistler - "Uy Calypso" - Chatroubadour (CD)
Lloyd "Prince" Thomas & the Calypso Troubadours - "Scratch, Scratch My Back" - Calypso from Trinidad (Q Records LP)
Macbeth the Great - "Woman Is Smarter" - Juneberry Ethnic Series: The Real Calypso, Vol. 1 (CD)
Preston Epps - "Ten Penny Nails" - Preston Epps Calypso (CD)
The Esso Trinidad Steel Band - "Sabre Dance" - self-titled, prod. by Van Dyke Parks (CD)
Herbert Howard and Brute Force - "Saxophone" - Calypso Exposed (Cook LP)
The Mighty Cypher - "Love And Miss Dove" - Calypso Exposed (Cook LP)
The Mighty Skipper - "Punctuation" - Calypso Exposed (Cook LP)
Lord Invader - "Out de Fire" - Juneberry Ethnic Series: The Real Calypso, Vol. 1 (CD)
Phase II Pan Groove - "Woman is Boss" - Panorama: Steelbands of Trinidad and Tobago (Delos CD) http://wfmu.org/playlists/shows/23237 ]]> http://wfmu.org/playlists/shows/23237 Mon, 17 Sep 2007 09:00:01 -0400 Irwin and WFMU 62:59 http://wfmu.org/playlists/shows/23236 Mighty Sparrow - "Miss Universe" - Mighty Sparrow Vol. 3 (CD)
Mighty Sparrow - "Mr. Walker" - Hot + Sweet (CD)
Mighty Sparrow - "Congo Man (1980)" - Calypso Season (LP)
Mighty Sparrow - "Mae Mae (May May)" - Mighty Sparrow Vol. 4 (CD)
Mighty Sparrow - "Alone Again Naturally" - Only A Fool (LP)
Mighty Sparrow - "Soca Man" - King of the World (LP)
Mighty Sparrow - "Hello People" - Hot + Sweet (CD)
Mighty Sparrow - "Madam Dracula" - Mighty Sparrow Vol. 4 (CD)
Mighty Sparrow - "Ten To One Is Murder" - Mighty Sparrow Vol. 4 (CD)
Mighty Sparrow - "Robbery With a V" - Mighty Sparrow Vol. 1 (CD)
Mighty Sparrow - "To Love Somebody" - Only A Fool (LP) http://wfmu.org/playlists/shows/23236 ]]> http://wfmu.org/playlists/shows/23236 Thu, 13 Sep 2007 09:00:07 -0400 Irwin and WFMU 60:55 http://wfmu.org/playlists/shows/23235 Mighty Sparrow - "Simpson (The Funeral Agency Man)" - Mighty Sparrow, Vol. 4 (Ice CD)
Mighty Sparrow - "Jack Palance" - Mighty Sparrow, Vol. 1 (Ice CD)
Mighty Sparrow - "Castro Eating Banana" - Mighty Sparrow Sings True Life Stories of Passion, People & Politics (Mace LP)
Mighty Sparrow - "Don't Go Joe" - Calypso Sparrow (RCA LP)
Mighty Sparrow - "Attempt Is As Good as the Act" - Calypso Exposed (Cook LP)
Mighty Sparrow - "The Outcast" - The Outcast (National LP)
Mighty Sparrow - "Calypso Boogaloo" - Mighty Sparrow, Vol. 2 (Ice CD)
Mighty Sparrow - "Congo Man (New Version)" - Spicy Sparrow (Ra LP)
Mighty Sparrow - "Obeah Wedding" - Mighty Sparrow, Vol. 1 (Ice CD)
Mighty Sparrow - "English Diplomacy" - Hot + Sweet (CD)
VAN DYKE PARKS - "live telephone interview about the Mighty Sparrow"
Mighty Sparrow - "More Cock" - Hot + Sweet (CD)
VAN DYKE PARKS - "live telephone interview about the Mighty Sparrow"
Mighty Sparrow - "Memories" - Hot + Sweet (CD)
Mighty Sparrow - "Jemma on the Ferris Wheel" - The Slave (National LP)
Mighty Sparrow - "The Slave" - The Slave (National LP)
Mighty Sparrow - "Wood in the Fire" - Mighty Sparrow, Vol. 2 (Ice CD)
Mighty Sparrow - "Jean and Dinah (Yankees Gone)" - Mighty Sparrow, Vol. 1 (Ice CD) http://wfmu.org/playlists/shows/23235 ]]> http://wfmu.org/playlists/shows/23235 Mon, 10 Sep 2007 09:00:01 -0400 Irwin and WFMU 124:27 http://wfmu.org/playlists/shows/23234 Mighty Sparrow - "Take Your Bundle and Go" - Sparrow Come Back (LP)
The Lion - "Spanish Calypso" - London Is the Place For Me: Trinidadian Calypso in London 1950-1956 (CD)
Tony Alleyne with the Big Bamboo Orchestra - "Junkanoo in Nassau" - The Big Bamboo (LP)
Robert Mitchum - "What Is This Generation Coming To?" - Calypso - Is Like So ... (CD)
Colin Lucas - "On She Cassette" - Soca Carnival 94 (CD)
Johnny Gomez and His Orchestra - "Skokiaan" - Dance Calypso (LP)
Shake Keane & His Highlifers - "Baionga" - London Is the Place For Me 2: Calypso & Kwela, Highlife & Jazz From Young Black London (CD)
Lord Kitchener - "Kitch's Bebop Calypso" - London Is the Place For Me: Trinidadian Calypso in London 1950-1956 (CD)
Lord Christo - "Apple Tree" - Authentic Calypso (LP)
Singing Francine - "Soca Do That" - Soca Music From Trinidad: Heat in de Place (CD)
Lord Kitchener - "Dr. Kitch" - Dr. Kitch (LP)
Lord Melody - "Romeo" - Calypso Exposed (LP)
Lord Melody - "How Mommy Made Me" - Calypso Exposed (LP) http://wfmu.org/playlists/shows/23234 ]]> http://wfmu.org/playlists/shows/23234 Thu, 06 Sep 2007 09:00:06 -0400 Irwin and WFMU 62:18 http://wfmu.org/playlists/shows/23232 The Mighty Spoiler - "The Funeral Undertaker" - Unspoilt (CD)
Small Island Pride - "Doggy in the Back Door" - Calypso Atrocities (LP)
The Terror - "Chinese Children Call Me Daddy" - Calypso Cavalcade Vol. 1 (LP)
Little Sparrow and His Steel Drums - "Garrot Bounce" - The Big Bamboo (LP)
Johnny Gomez & His Orchestra - "Anna" - Dance Calypso! (LP)
Mighty Sparrow - "Attempt Is As Good As the Act" - Calypso Exposed (LP)
Herbert Howard & Brute Force - "Saxophone" - Calypso Exposed (LP)
The Mighty Cypher - "Love and Miss Dove" - Calypso Exposed (LP)
Lord Christo - "Frozen Chicken" - Authentic Calypso (LP)
Johnny Gomez & His Orchestra - "Train Calypso" - Dance Calypso! (LP)
Lord Melody - "Sugar Pie" - Calypso Exposed (LP)
Lionel Belasco's Orchestra - "Sally You Not Ashamed?" - Real Calypso, Vol. 2: Send Your Children to the Orphan Home (Folkways/Smithsonian CD) http://wfmu.org/playlists/shows/23232 ]]> http://wfmu.org/playlists/shows/23232 Mon, 03 Sep 2007 09:00:01 -0400 Irwin and WFMU 53:53 http://wfmu.org/playlists/shows/23286 unknown Antiguan steel drum band - "Fire Down Below" - Steel Drum Festival (CD)
Natasha - "One Day" - This is Soca (LP)
unknown steel band from Trinidad & Tobago - "Calypso Music" - Steelbands of Trinidad and Tobago (CD)
Atilla the Hun - "If I Won a Sweepstake" - Real Calypso, Vol. 2: Send Your Children to the Orphan Home (Folkways/Smithsonian CD)
The Caresser - "Theodore" - Real Calypso, Vol. 2: Send Your Children to the Orphan Home (Folkways/Smithsonian CD)
The Lion - "Send Your Children to the Orphan Home" - Real Calypso, Vol. 2: Send Your Children to the Orphan Home (Folkways/Smithsonian CD)
Lord Cristo - "Last Night the Landlord (Nearly Killed Me)" - Dance Calypso (Emory Cook Collection/Smithsonian CD)
Small Island Pride - "Boxing Bout" - Dance Calypso (Emory Cook Collection/Smithsonian CD)
Herbert Howard - "Sauerkraut Calypso" - Dance Calypso (Emory Cook Collection/Smithsonian CD)
The Mighty Spoiler - "Mad Scientist (What the Scientist Say)" - Unspoilt (CD)
Lionel Belasco Orchestra (vocal: E. Peters) - "Why Me Neighbor Vex With Me" - Goodnight Ladies and Gents: The Creole Music of Lionel Belasco (CD) http://wfmu.org/playlists/shows/23286 ]]> http://wfmu.org/playlists/shows/23286 Thu, 30 Aug 2007 09:00:06 -0400 Irwin and WFMU 60:05 http://wfmu.org/playlists/shows/23231 Lord Melody - "Life in Brazil" - Calypso Cavalcade Vol. 1 (LP)
Lord Beginner - "Mama Me Belly A-Hurt Me" - Calypso Cavalcade Vol. 1 (LP)
Roaring Lion - "Bananas" - Sacred 78s (CD)
Wilmoth Houdini with Gerald Clark's Iere String Band - "Cousin, Cousin Scratch Here So For Me" - Don't Stop The Carnival (CD)
The Lion - "Vitalogy" - Calypso Carnival (CD)
Andre Tanker - "Steelband Times" - Calypso Heat (CD)
Lord Melody - "Crazy Love" - Precious Melodies (CD)
The Mighty Spoiler - "Funeral Undertaker" - Unspoilt (CD)
Nathaniel Babb (vocal) and Michael Williams (foot tapping and hand-clapping) - "Roll, Jordan, Roll" - Peter Was a Fisherman: The 1939 Trinidad Field Recordings of Melville and Frances Herskovits, Vol. 1 (CD)
Wilmoth Houdini - "Moan, People, Moan" - Calypso Capers (LP)
Wilmoth Houdini - "Gin and Coconut Water" - 78 rpm disc
George Brown - "She Likes It, He Likes It" - Calypso Cavalcade Vol. 1 (LP)
Crazy - "Paul Yer Mudder Cum" - Soca Carnival 93 (CD)
unknown Antiguan steel drum band - "Spur Dance" - Steel Drum Festival (CD) http://wfmu.org/playlists/shows/23231 ]]> http://wfmu.org/playlists/shows/23231 Mon, 27 Aug 2007 09:00:01 -0400 Irwin and WFMU 61:28