Topic

Colonialism

Settlement, extraction and the argument still being had about both.

6: in music
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63 min: in total
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10:35

Calypso

Harry Belafonte · 1956

Calypso is Harry Belafonte's third studio album, released in 1956 on RCA Victor. It features vocal performances backed by guitarists Millard J. Thomas and Frantz Casseus, Tony Scott and His Orchestra, and The Norman Luboff Choir on select tracks. It includes 'Day-O (The Banana Boat Song)', sung from the perspective of banana dock workers awaiting daylight, alongside 'Star-O' as a lyrical variant reprise, and 'Jamaica Farewell', a mento folk song published here for the first time. Production involved multiple producers, a conductor, a chorus leader, and contributors to visual and textual elements of the release.

11:33

Sandinista!

The Clash · 1980

A 36-song triple LP released in December 1980. The Clash’s fourth studio album. Recorded over most of 1980 across London, Manchester, Jamaica, and New York. Produced by the band — primarily Mick Jones and Joe Strummer — with Mikey Dread’s participation. The only Clash album where all four members perform lead vocals.

10:20

África Brasil

Jorge Ben · 1976

África Brasil is a 1976 album by Jorge Ben, recorded over ten days at Phonogram Studios in Rio de Janeiro with a large ensemble including Admiral Jorge V, fourteen additional instrumentalists and five backing vocalists. Ben replaced his acoustic guitar with an electric guitar during these sessions, influenced by Dadi Carvalho, after swapping instruments following Carvalho’s acquisition of an Ibanez guitar in London. José Roberto Bertrami arranged orchestral parts; Marco Mazzola mixed the album before Philips withdrew him mid-session. The album is described as one of Ben’s most popular, a fusion of funk and samba relying more on electric guitar than previous efforts, and features a remake of 'Taj Mahal'.

10:32

Marcus Garvey

Burning Spear · 1975

Marcus Garvey is a 1975 reggae album recorded live in Kingston with Jack Ruby and the Black Disciples. It is politically direct, sonically grounded in studio realism, and defined by its resistance to commercial remixing. It belongs in the reggae-and-dub category. Topics include colonialism, Jamaica, religion, and recording.

9:11

Aida

Giuseppe Verdi · 1989

A studio recording of Verdi’s Aida, made in 1989. Contains all vocal and orchestral numbers across four acts. Omits Verdi’s rejected overture. No source material describes performers, conductor, recording venue, or engineering choices.

10:45

Refavela

Gilberto Gil · 1977

Refavela is not a fusion record. It is a declaration of continuity — Afro-Brazilian culture as unbroken line, not borrowed motif.