The tiny island nation of Curaçao hit the headlines on the sports pages last week when it became smallest country by population ever to qualify for the football World Cup finals.
I thought this was the ideal opportunity to share some of the highlights of my extensive collection of Curaçaoan music, and perhaps entice one of the country's roughly 158,000 residents to visit the blog so my flag counter can add Curaçao to the list of countries whom which we've had a visitor.
First up is the great Rignald Recordino, better known as Doble R who with his Super Special Stars bestrode the Curaçaoan music scene like a colossus for many years. This particular track is from their 1978 album "Di Paranda!?".
We are then joined by Anselmus 'Boy' Dap, multiple winner of the 'Rei di Tumba' title at the annual carnival (tumba is a local musical style that is loosely based on merengue). His album "Mi T'ei" originally came out in 1989 to the best of my knowledge and was reissued last year.
You can find both albums along with many other delights at the Groove Fusion Records Bandcamp page.
"Paranda Awe!" - "Doble R" Super Special Stars
"Chaparia" - Boy Dap
Of course the Curaçao team were not the only plucky underdogs that qualified for the finals with a famous victory last week. Congratulations to them both. All together now: "Ring a ding a ding there goes Willie on the wing".
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