The Bajan USCian community, if not also the rest of the University of the Southern Caribbean (USC) family in the eastern and southern Caribbean, is still abuzz with the news that one of our own recently won the coveted 2013 Barbados calypso monarch competition. Although our largely conservative-evangelical Christian culture eschews the calypso genre for its perceived worldliness, misogyny and objectification of women, we celebrate our fellow alum's obvious talents and hope and pray for him that he would soon return them to the higher joy and greater service for which they were given. By way of reminder, Mr. Webster is also one of the composers of the current USC School Song.
What did he sing about may be more important than the fact that he sang.
ReplyDeleteThe general perception is that he sings "clean calypso" but that as you know is very subjective.
ReplyDeleteI agree...labeling of genre is a bit ignorant since calypso rhythms have been used to produce gospel songs
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