Caribbean Roots

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Caribbean Roots
Studio album by
ReleasedJune 24, 2016 (2016-06-24)
Recorded Paris, France, Port of Spain, Trinidad, Ontario, Canada, 2016
Genre Jazz, Funk, Spoken Word, Afrobeat, Calypso, World
Length84.00
Label Heavenly Sweetness/Strut
Producer Anthony Joseph
Anthony Joseph chronology
Time
(2014)
Caribbean Roots
(2016)

Caribbean Roots is the sixth album overall, and second solo album by Trinidadian poet Anthony Joseph.

Contents

Track listing

  1. "The Kora"
  2. "Jimmy, upon that bridge"
  3. "Neckbone"
  4. "Mano a Mano"
  5. "Brother Davis (Yanvalou)"
  6. "Drum Song"
  7. "Our History"
  8. "Slinger"
  9. "Powerful Peace"
  10. "Caribbean Roots"

Personnel

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