Lord Radio & the Bimshire Boys
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Lord Radio & the Bimshire Boys were a Barbadian calypso
band who helped to pioneer the Barbadian calypso scene in the 1950s and 60s. The name Bimshire comes from a Bajan
dialect term for Barbados. Members of this band
Their albums include Rhymes in Rhythm and The Midget and The Giant.
Calypso music
Calypso is a style of Afro-Caribbean music that originated in Trinidad and Tobago from African and European roots. The roots of the genre lay in the arrival of enslaved Africans, who, not being allowed to speak with each other, communicated through song...
band who helped to pioneer the Barbadian calypso scene in the 1950s and 60s. The name Bimshire comes from a Bajan
Barbados
Barbados is an island country in the Lesser Antilles. It is in length and as much as in width, amounting to . It is situated in the western area of the North Atlantic and 100 kilometres east of the Windward Islands and the Caribbean Sea; therein, it is about east of the islands of Saint...
dialect term for Barbados. Members of this band
Their albums include Rhymes in Rhythm and The Midget and The Giant.