Count Ossie - Babylon Gone

Song Name: Babylon Gone

By: Count Ossie

Country: Jamaica

Song Local Name: Not available

Album: 60's Ska Party

Link to buy: iTunes

Genre: traditional music of Jamaica , folk music of Jamaica , Jamaican folk music , ska

Date Added: 03 Sep 2017

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Babylon Gone by Count Ossie is part of folk music tradition in/by Jamaica. Folk Music of Jamaica is traditionally brother to some other region(s) in the world. If you want to listen to song(s) in the same genre or with the same root with Babylon Gone (or folk music of Jamaica), other than checking Jamaica you can also check music of Central America. From the top menu, first choose the desired region and then find the link from the map or country list.

Count Ossie, born Oswald Williams (1926 – 18 October 1976) was a Jamaican Rastafari drummer and band leader.
In the early 1960s, ska music took shape. Combining traditional mento with elements of American R&B and boogie-woogie, which was immensely popular in Jamaica at the time, ska was a soulful genre which featured harmony singing, upbeat and danceable rhythms, a horn section, and songs that are frequently about love.

Song: Babylon Gone
Artist: Count Ossie
Album: 60's Ska Party

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