Brute Force Steel Band - Music to Awaken the Ballroom Beast In Stock Francis of Assisi sets out

Francis of Assisi sets out for Damietta in Egypt

The First Symphony was the first occasion I ever heard music by Mahler live on stage: in Vienna when I was nineteen years old

" (Excerpt from the booklet notes by Andreas Spering)

and (especially in the South) characterized by extravagance and a distinct couleur locale

Brute Force Steel Band - Music to Awaken the Ballroom Beast In Stock Francis of Assisi sets outIn the streets of Antigua shortly following WWII, the Brute Force Steel Band began as one of the ensembles that would pioneer Caribbean steel pan music. These calypsos, meringues, sambas, tangos and pops were a staple of the annual Carnival, which feature vocals by Calypsonian Herbert Howard and Lord Lally of Antigua.