http://calabashmusic.com<img src='http://files.calabashmusic.com/images/18604/ex_centric_sound_system.jpg'>The Ex-Centric Sound System takes ancestral music and interprets it for the next generation.Mon, 01 Dec 2008 16:28:09 -0600http://excentricsound.calabashmusic.com/<img src='http://files.calabashmusic.com/images/95073/nigel_williams.jpg'>Mon, 01 Dec 2008 16:28:09 -0600http://nigelwilliams.calabashmusic.com/<img src='http://files.calabashmusic.com/images/31505/ido_ziv.jpg'>This music is driven by rich rhythmic textures, weaving polyrhythmic grooves, deep percussive flavors, while tapping into a jazzy ethnic sound. Colorful melodies and grooves are drawn from folkloric and contemporary Afro-Cuban, African, Brazilian rhythmsMon, 01 Dec 2008 16:28:09 -0600http://idoziv.calabashmusic.com/<img src='http://files.calabashmusic.com/images/63137/sherwin_gardner.jpg'>Mon, 01 Dec 2008 16:28:09 -0600http://sherwingardner.calabashmusic.com/<img src='http://files.calabashmusic.com/images/63646/soca_2000.jpg'>Mon, 01 Dec 2008 16:28:09 -0600http://soca2000.calabashmusic.com/<img src='http://files.calabashmusic.com/images/64230/soca_baptism.jpg'>Mon, 01 Dec 2008 16:28:10 -0600http://socabaptism.calabashmusic.com/Mon, 01 Dec 2008 16:28:10 -0600http://miamiuniversitysteelband.calabashmusic.com/<img src='http://files.calabashmusic.com/images/69970/lord_invader.jpg'>Lord Invader (Rupert Westmore Grant, 1914-1962) was one of the best known calypsonians of his time. He traveled around the world refining his art and promoting calypso music, in spite of his humble beginnings.Mon, 01 Dec 2008 16:28:10 -0600http://lordinvader.calabashmusic.com/<img src='http://files.calabashmusic.com/images/69998/mighty_sparrow.jpg'>With his ultra-sweet vocals and lyrics that speak of romance and topical politics, Mighty Sparrow (born Slinger Francisco) has risen to the upper echelon of Trinidadian calypso.Mon, 01 Dec 2008 16:28:10 -0600http://mightysparrow.calabashmusic.com/<img src='http://files.calabashmusic.com/images/71230/kobo_town.jpg'>A pan-Caribbean sound where the lyricism and melodies of calypso meet the heavy bass grooves of dub and reggae.Mon, 01 Dec 2008 16:28:10 -0600http://kobotown.calabashmusic.com/