I’ve written a few posts (from an observer’s point of view) about the Barbadian music industry, the most recent of them being this one. As the date for the 2007 Barbados Music Awards approaches, I am happy to say that the local music industry appears to be hitting its stride. Over the past few weeks, I’ve been hearing a lot of new Bajan music on my radio—rap, reggae, dance, R&B, neo-soul, pop, jazz, rock, all sorts of good stuff. The fact that it’s Independence season, with the accompanying emphasis on things Bajan, probably has a lot to do with the recent increase in the amount of local music receiving airplay (and explains why I’m also hearing a lot of the old classics from the previous golden age in Bajan music, records that radio DJs apparently retrieve from the vaults around this time of year), so it remains to be seen whether the trend continues past the end of November. I’ve got my hopes up that it will.

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