Count Ossie - Babylon Gone

Count Ossie
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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