All eyes focus on St. Lucia for 10 days each May, when the St. Lucia Jazz Festival welcomes renowned international musicians who perform for enthusiastic fans at Pigeon Island National Park and other island venues. St. Lucians themselves love jazz—and, of course, the beat of Caribbean music resonates through their very souls. The irony is that if you randomly ask 10 St. Lucians to name their favorite kind of music, most would say "country." One possible explanation is that many young St. Lucian men take short-term jobs overseas, cutting sugarcane in Florida and working on farms elsewhere in the South, where they inevitably hear country music. And while the work experience isn't something most remember fondly, the music apparently... More »
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