Calabash Music Features Kobo Town's Album 'Independence'


Calabash Music, the ultimate global music destination, presents
Toronto-based Kobo Town's first release - Independence - written out of
a love for old-time calypso, roots reggae and dub poetry. Calabash is
giving away Kobo Town's track 'Sing Out, Shout Out' as a FREE DOWNLOAD
right off the homepage at http://www.calabashmusic.com

The CD is also available for sale at CD Baby -
http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/kobotown

The title of this album is intended to be hopeful and ironic at the
same time: some of the songs offer a critical look at the 'independence
experiment' in Trinidad and its various failures and betrayals in
Trinidad and elsewhere, while others aim to celebrate the musical and
artistic traditions formed over the long years of our turbulent
history.

This album is also driven by a desire to join the effort of those West
Indian artists, activists and musicians who have recognized that the
wounds in our society run deep into our past, and that recovering a
sense of cultural, national and spiritual self-worth is a crucial first
step in the path toward healing and renewal.

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