the latest addition to the label’s award-winning World Playground series. Filled with upbeat songs, informative liner notes and colorful artwork, Caribbean Playground is a festive carnival.
Caribbean Playground features diverse music such as zouk from the French Caribbean, soca from Trinidad, reggae from Jamaica, bomba from Puerto Rico and more. International stars Taj Mahal, Desmond Dekker and the Wailers are featured alongside some of the Caribbean’s most popular artists such as Kali, Atlantik and Luc Leandry as well as other exciting new discoveries.
Caribbean Playground includes full-color liner notes in English, Spanish and French with song descriptions and cultural information.
The entire World Playground series has won Parents’ Choice Awards, NAPPA Gold and ‘Best of’ from Scholastic publications.
A portion of the proceeds of Caribbean Playground will be donated to the Putumayo Cross-Cultural Initiative. PCCI is a non-profit organization that provides multicultural education and world music resources to elementary school children.
Awards:
2004 Parents’ Choice Recommended Award
"DiscoverySchool.com" 5-star Award of Excellence
NAPPA Gold Award 2003
