Music of Anguilla

Anguilla is best known as part of a wave of Caribbean islands that began producing calypso and related Trinidadian genres, in many cases becoming more popular than artists from the genres' homeland. King Short Shirt's "Tourist Leggo" from 1977 was so close to winning the Road March Carnival contest on Trinidad that the organizers banned foreigners from entering the contest. Burning Flames and Swallow are also famous musicians from Anguilla.

References

• De Ledesma, Charles and Georgia Popplewell. "Put Water in the Brandy?"". 2000. In Broughton, Simon and Ellingham, Mark with McConnachie, James and Duane, Orla (Ed.), World Music, Vol. 2: Latin & North America, Caribbean, India, Asia and Pacific, pp 507-526. Rough Guides Ltd, Penguin Books. ISBN 1-85828-636-0