Trinidad & Tobago: Musical credit where credit's due
Jamaica
Applauding Jamaican dancehall star Sean Paul's triumph at the American Music Awards, caroline.neisha at the Caribbean Beat weblog expresses hopes that Trinidadian artists will one day achieve similar success: “I don't think our culture needs to be validated or recognised by any other culture in order to be valuable… But I do want our local and regional artists to get credit (and monetary reward) where it's due. And unfortunately, those in the Calypso/Soca vein have been a little on the unlucky side (think Harry Belafonte, or the Andrews Sisters).”
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