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	Martinique - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Martinique is an island in the eastern Caribbean Sea, having a total area of 1,128 km².
		Like the other DOMs, Martinique is also one of the 26 régions of France (as a région d'outre-mer), and an integral part of the Republic.
		Martinique is an island of volcanic nature, as with all of the islands on the Lesser Antilles chain.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Martinique (701 words)

	Voices: Region of the Month, February 2005
		Music is already very alive for this population; it is part of their lives.
		The people who have attended the training are already using music in their work with children, adults and elderly patients in the hospitals and special schools, but they wanted to learn more about music therapy techniques and intervention plans.
		In 2004, the “music therapy interns” as they prefer to name themselves, since they are very aware that they are not music therapist yet, came to Quebec for a two-week visit.
	www.voices.no /country/monthmartinique_february2005.html (459 words)

	Popular Zouk Music of Martinique - Sound Clip - MSN Encarta
		Performed at fairs, carnivals, and in local discos, zouk music from Martinique merges West African-influenced indigenous drums and percussive instruments with electronic instrumentation.
		Indigenous instruments such as the tambour (large drum and lead instrument), chacha (tin can filled with stones), and t-bois (thin bamboo sticks) are paired with guitars, horns, synthesizers, and a drum set.
		Topped off with a large vocal chorus, the communal joy of zouk music celebrates life amid the strains of poverty in Martinique.
	encarta.msn.com /media_461532875/Popular_Zouk_Music_of_Martinique.html (115 words)

	Zouk- The music of Martinique :: Gowealthy.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		At the heart of the zouk sound are two main African elements, the drum and vocal gwo ka (performed in the rural areas of Guadeloupe during festivals), and the festival music chouvel bwa, from Martinique.
		Chouvel bwa is performed in Martinique at the annual Carnival, held in either February or March, as well as at other festivals.
		Martinique's night spots are filled with the sound of dance music zouk mainly during the Carnival.
	www.gowealthy.com /article/1729/index.asp (333 words)

	Caribbean Downloads - Download Caribbean Music - Download Caribbean MP3s
		Belair or bele drumming is at the rhythmic heart of chouval bwa, the traditional roots music of Martinique; the belair itself is a huge tambour drum that players ride as though it were a horse.
		The major catalyst behind the emergence of zouk was the desire to produce a new Caribbean music that treated the multifaceted music of the Antilles to the state-of-the-art recording technology of the Paris studios.
		Steel band music originated in Trinidad & Tobago in the 1930s and spread to the rest of the Caribbean, becoming one of the sounds most associated with island music in the minds of many visitors to the region.
	www.mp3.com /caribbean/genre/812/styles.html (2053 words)

	Martinique :: Gowealthy.com Feature Countries
		Exuding the distinct French feel, Martinique is a slice of France in the Caribbean.
		Martinique has a treasure of historical, cultural, artistic and natural places which will enthrall the visitors.
		Martinique’s Rums, prepared from the sugar cane juice, are considered to be the best in the world.
	www.gowealthy.com /country/feature/martinique/index.asp (389 words)

	Martinique - Search Results - MSN Encarta
		Martinique, island, overseas department of France, in the French Antilles, in the eastern Caribbean Sea, off the north-western coast of South...
		Fort-de-France, town in western Martinique, capital and seaport of the island, on the Bay of Fort-de-France in the French Antilles.
		The islands were inhabited by Carib peoples when Christopher Columbus first landed in Guadeloupe on November 3, 1493, and named it after the...
	uk.encarta.msn.com /Martinique.html (97 words)

	Kubatana - Archive - A glossary of African music styles - May 21, 2003
		One reason western countries have been able to recognize somewhat the compelling influence of African music is that in the 70s and 80s many African artists and musicians migrated to Europe and to America to pursue a professional career.
		It is a mix of the traditional mbira music with electric guitar use as a tool of the liberation struggle by this country’s internationally known artist Thomas Mapfumo.
		Taarab is the music from the spice island of the far east coast of Africa Zanzibar.
	www.kubatana.net /html/archive/artcul/030521music.asp?sector=ARTCUL (874 words)

	Martinique: Cane Fields and City Streets
		Martinique is split by mountains running north-south, and this led to distinctively regional styles, which were still vigorous in 1962; Sainte-Marie, in the northeast, was an area where many freed slaves and sons of mixed race unions had owned small farms for many generations, and some families became specialists in music and dance.
		Back home, the music is much more unbuttoned and energised; the clarinettist produces a taut, shawm-like tone in order to be heard over the trombonist without balancing microphones, and the harmony as a whole is pleasingly rougher, probably because the musicians are not accommodating their tunings to a piano.
		As I’ve indicated, there are one or two moments on this disc where the music is, for an outsider, more easily recognised as important than enjoyed as entertainment, but the great majority of it is very exciting listening, as well as valuable documentation of the variety of Martinique’s musical culture.
	www.mustrad.org.uk /reviews/martiniq.htm (1538 words)

	Martinique travel information: Martinique vacation guide, info on hotels, resorts, beaches & more - Caribbean.com
		Technically an integral part or department of France, Martinique is an isle of French charm, class, culture, cuisine and chic at their Gallic best Beautiful beyond words, Martinique captured the attention of Paul Gauguin, whose paintings of Martinique are among the world's most prized treasures.
		In mid-December 2004, the 24th annual rum festival was slated to kick off a special salute to the rums, dances and music of Martinique.
		Martinique's capital city, Fort-de-France is for the most part chic, classy and tres Francais.
	www.caribbean.com /martinique (853 words)

	Music Mix
		Wendy describes her music as pop dance with a little bit of RandB flavor and hopes to inspire her listening audience to live and dance.
		Their musical expressions often reflect history or current social conditions while celebrating the virtues of awareness and change.
		The music was re-named zouk and to RSB is an expression of two similar cultures : the unique Afro-Caribbean rhythm colored by a touch of Soca/Calypso and with moderate influences by American groups.
	www.avirtualdominica.com /music/mix.htm (731 words)

	Caribbean and South American Music
		The urbanizing, emigrating population of postwar Puerto Rico largely dismissed the seis and aguinaldo as unsophisticated and overly sentimental "hick" music.
		Amador, the guitar player and musical director of the band, has penned a song which recounts the flight of Gypsies from Spain and the rise of Rumba as the Gypsies mixed with the Yoruba; indeed, Amador's guitar playing itself serves to anchor the band's Spanish links.
		'Ti Raoul' is a traditional singer from Martinique, a griot of sorts whose role is to sing the songs, tell the stories and perform for the dances of his people, the former slaves who now are the population of the island.
	www.rootsworld.com /rw/feature/latin-caribe.html (3620 words)

	World Music Central - Your connection to World Music
		The Music of Martinique (ARC Music 1790, 2003)
		ARC Music’s The Music of Martinique features Wapa Sakitanou, a lively musical group that encompasses the traditional music, costumes and dance of Martinique.
		Their music is infused with their spirits and it shows as they share themselves with the audience.
	www.natarajxt.com /artistes_files/web/2003/worldmusiccentral/Index.html (1152 words)

	Timeline of trends in music (1980-present)
		Gabba (a form of techno music) emerges and is popular in Scotland and the Netherlands
		DJ Spooky's Songs of a Dead Dreamer marks the beginning of illbient electronic music; Single Cell Orchestra (Single Cell Orchestra[?]) and Spectre (The Illness[?]) also release important illbient albums; Plug (Plug 1[?]), Aphex Twin (Richard D. James Album[?]) and Squarepusher (Conumber[?]) emerge with drill n bass music.
		The Fugees' The Score[?] is a massive hit; the album's blend of reggae and hip hop is the beginning of an upsurge in western popularity for island music, presaging the future rise of Beenie Man, Buju Banton and Bounty Killer, among others.
	www.ebroadcast.com.au /lookup/encyclopedia/ti/Timeline_of_trends_in_music_(1980-present).html (3006 words)

	J: big pix
		Martinique's remarkable drumming traditions (often called, collectively, bèlè) feature a barrel-shaped drum (tanbou) that the drummer lays on its side and sits on, using one heel to change the pitch.
		The island's traditiional music has been revived in recent years as part of a movement promoting political awareness and ethnic pride, which is the subject of my dissertation.
		The music on both CDs was recorded in 1962 by the folklorist Alan Lomax, who made an extended trip to the Caribbean that year.
	www.colorquilts.com /julian/research.html (576 words)

	The Shedd Institute - Oregon Festival of American Music '05 Cole Porter: Night & Day
		He is recognized as a master in the musical idioms of swing and traditional New Orleans jazz and has received much acclaim for his energetic performances.
		In the summer of 1998, clarinetist Evan Christopher was featured in a presentation of traditional Creole music from Martinique in a program directed by Dick Hyman.
		His goal was to present not only the traditional Creole music of the past but to take the essence of the idiom and create original compositions as well.
	www.ofam.net /festival.aspx?series=794&artist=78 (537 words)

	World Traveller --- Martinique
		I spent a week in the French island of Martinique, in the southern Caribbean.
		Picnics on the beach, windsurfing, and classical music before dinner were just a normal aspect of the day.
		They play a type of music called Zouk (roughly means party music).
	www.trilithon.com /pagestraveller/martinique.html (44 words)

	GUADELOUPE MUSIC
		ZOUK: THE MUSIC OF THE FRENCH ANTILLES by Maamuudu Joob
		This music and dance was popularized by Kassav' which used to be identified to
		Pierre Edouard Decimus was on the verge of retirement from the music
	pegasus.cc.ucf.edu /~leticee/islands/guadeloupe/gua_music.html (1057 words)

	Dolmetsch Online - Music Dictionary Mp - Mz
		Music I, II, III and IV in 1957, Max Mathews, an acoustic researcher at Bell Telephone Laboratories in Murray Hill, New Jersey, wrote Music I and used it to generate the first examples of digital audio.
		Musical practice is embedded in multiple contexts and frames of reference (histories, performances, acts of composition, reception practices, and others).
		Their music is a mixture of native, African and European elements, and is closely connected with trends from neighboring islands like Martinique, Trinidad and Guadeloupe, as well as the mainland former Dutch possession of Suriname, which has exported kaseko music to great success on the islands.
	www.dolmetsch.com /defsm3.htm (12874 words)

	various artists, Caribbean Voyage -- Martinique: Cane Fields and City Streets
		The CD insert is quite thick and explains some of the cultural history and music styles of Martinique as well as some of Alan's difficulties in acquiring local music with the equipment of the day.
		That way, you could at least get the flavor of street music in Martinique, but you wouldn't be tortured by it.
		That being said, if you have been to Martinique or you simply like collecting local styles of music from around the globe, this might be the CD for you.
	www.rambles.net /va_canefields.html (667 words)

	Islands.com \| Martinique
		Inspired by both the bolero rhythms of biguine dance music and the modern sounds of synthesizers, groups like the legendary Kassav turned zouk into a major force at dance clubs.
		However, where it shines is in an in-depth look at the Martinique's French-Creole culinary delights, from restaurants to the dishes themselves.
		The Martinique Regional Nature Park covers two-thirds of the island and includes 31 posted hiking trails.
	www.islands.com /martinique (760 words)

	Dominica's Music
		She was also a nominee for the Caribbean Music awards in New York in the category best female vocals.
		Respected for his musical ability and style, Bruce has been called on numerous occassions to be the Musical Director for Canada's acclaimed female jazz vocalist Salome Bey.
		Nasio has been writing and playing reggae music since 1981, and by 1986 felt he was ready to go into the studio, when he recorded his first 12-inch.
	www.delphis.dm /audio/music.htm (1823 words)

	Latin Jazz Network - Artists, Music, Articles, Events, Interviews, Reviews
		Narell, a serious student of Afro-Caribbean music, met his musical associates about 8 years ago on the island of Martinique (two of the band members are from Martinique; one hails from Guadeloupe).
		The band draws its main musical inspiration from biguine, the folkloric music of Martinique and Guadeloupe.
		Perhaps one way to appreciate Sakesho's music is to toss aside any preconceived notions you may have about jazz or French Caribbean music.
	www.latinjazznet.com /reviews/sakesho.htm (285 words)

	A Special Advertising Section on Martinique
		Martinique celebrates the 150th anniversary of the abolition of slavery
		The best rum in the world is produced from Martinique's sweet sugar cane
		Martinique wants Americans to come and discover all it has to offer
	www.internationalspecialreports.com /archives/98/martinique (221 words)

	MUSIC.HTM
		Ladzekpo, C. African Music and Dance provided by the Center for New Music and Audio Technologies of the University of California at Berkeley (8 December 1998) C. Ladzekpo's website for the African Music and Dance portion of this respected institution is a wealth of information in a stunning variety of formats.
		A satellite of the UC Berkeley Department of Music, CNMAT is an interdisciplinary research center, drawing participants from many university departments including physics, mathematics, electrical engineering, psychology, computer science, cognitive science and music.
		World Music Institute (8 December 1998) This Website is one of the most innovative and visually appealing of ANY.
	home.acceleration.net /clark/Links/music.htm (2233 words)

	Chouval bwa - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Since its development, chouval bwa has diversifed into genres like zouk chouv, which includes electric instrumentation and has been popularized by Claude Germany, Tumpak, Dede Saint-Prix, and Pakatak.
		This article about a music genre is a stub.
		This page was last modified 19:36, 5 February 2006.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Chouval_bwa (79 words)

	Martinique - Creole recipes
		From beguine to the zouk music, Martinique dances to the rhythm of "sunset cocktails".
		A generous manna, it offers baskets of crustaceans and fishes of the open sea: red crabs, lobsters, chatrous (octopuses), lambis, sea breams; and an armful of vegetables and fruits with melodious names: soursops, pawpaws, gombos, chayotes!
		You’ll be "creolised" in between the music and the sun, the spicy or vanilla flavoured savours.
	www.mysterra.org /webmag/travel-and-cook/martinique.html (360 words)

	Slipcue E-Zine: World Music record reviews - 2003
		She's been making music for decades now, and shows no sign of slowing down or diluting her music's considerable power.
		As might be expected, Lucas approaches the music from unusual angles, playing some classic-sounding Chinese themes as moody ambient pop, others as they might have been imagined by bluegrass pickers or acoustic guitar legend John Fahey.
		Wapa Sakitanou "The Music Of Martinique" (Arc Music, 2003)
	www.slipcue.com /music/international/newreviews/2003_01.html (2285 words)

	Amazon.ca: Caribbean Party [Compilation]: Music (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		This was my moms cd when she went to the bahams,but it's probably very popular at the bahamas.My mom does'nt listen to it alot and I don't either.So,I guess it is ok,but if you hate this kind of music you will not like it.That's all.
		It's not that the music was bad - just not as glorious as some of the reviews made it sound.
		This is zouk, soca and reggae music from Martinique, Barbados, Haiti and Jamaica.
	www.amazon.ca /exec/obidos/ASIN/B000003EK6 (553 words)

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