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No visitor to Barbados can fail to notice the extent to which music pervades daily life. Whether it is reggae pounding out from a passing ZR van or gospel music being belted out in a church, Bajan rhythm is inescapable. The West Africans, dragged to the island as slaves, brought with them tastes in music and dance which are still evident today. Bajans are born with the ability to gyrate their hips on the dance floor with energy, rhythm and sex appeal, a skill called ’wukkin up’, which tourists spend many happy – though ultimately, unsuccessful – hours trying to emulate. This intensity of sound and beat has produced many musicians, several of which have become world famous, such as The Mighty Gabby, reggae vocalist and songwriter David Kirton, jazz saxophonist Arturo Tappin, Red Plastic Bag and John King, Krosfyah, Square One and Spice..
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