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Originally Posted by CanwllCorfe
Great stuff Jans!  I did reviews for awhile and hated it. It felt like homework. Ever since then I decided to just keep it all as random as I felt like. |
Thanks man!
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Originally Posted by mr dave
I'm digging this and looking forward to more. Curious now though, is there any connection between Jamaican Mento music and Cajun Zydeco? The instrumentation is a bit different but there are some stylistic and rhythmic similarities.
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I haven't specifically heard that but I wouldn't be surprised. Jamaica and Louisiana are places with major ports not all that far from each other. And Jamaican music was certainly influenced by other Louisiana exports such as jazz.