History Of Trinidian Music

Each and every country has its own style of music, while some even have more than one. Trinidad is one of those that have multiple musical styles associated with it. They include Calypso, Chuntey, Soca, and Parang. Some of them vary in many factors, while others have some similarities.
Calypso was invented in Trinidad, and can be traced back from arrival of the first African slaves brought to work in the sugar plantations. Many of spoke dozens of different languages, which made it very difficult to converse with each other (not to mention that they were forbidden to talk to each other). …