Gwo ka is an Antillean Creole term for big drum. Alongside Gwotanbou, simply Ka or Banboula (archaic), it refers to both a family of hand drums and the...

in the folk music of Guadeloupe and Martinique, especially Guadeloupan gwo ka and Martinican chouval bwa, and the pan-Caribbean calypso tradition. Carnival...

genre. This is a fusion of African, European and American styles. Like gwo ka and bélé, Kasékò from French Guiana is also a rhythm and a dance and is...

modernized Chinese traditional music. Gwo ka – Guadaloupean drum music. Gwo ka moderne – modernized style of gwo ka. Gypsy jazz – Roma-French style of jazz...

the genre with funk, and Makossa. Music of Guadeloupe and Martinique: The gwo ka, traditional music of Guadeloupe, of which there are 7 versions (rhythmic)...

performances in Martinique and Guadeloupe, as opposed to the modernized gwo ka moderne. Music of Martinique and Guadeloupe Bébel-Gisler, Dany (1994). Leonora:...

cadence-lypso bélé biguine gwo ka Cultural origins Early 1980s, French Antilles (esp. Guadeloupe and Martinique) Typical instruments Gwo ka tibwa shak shak brass...

Guadeloupean boula is a hand drum, similar to the tambou bèlè, and is used in gwo ka and special occasions likes wakes, wrestling matches and Carnival celebrations...

Martinique and Guadeloupe, especially Martinican chouval bwa, and Guadeloupan gwo ka. There's also notable influence of the pan-Caribbean calypso tradition and...

Pyrrhichios, Serra, Pentozali, Kalamatianos, Tsamiko, Ballos, Sousta Guadeloupe Gwo ka Guatemala Baile de la Conquista Guyana Soca Haiti Compas, Kadans Honduras...