Topic summary
Music of Martinique
- Anguilla
- Antigua and Barbuda
- Aruba and the Dutch Antilles
- Bahamas
- Barbados
- Bermuda
- Bonaire
- Cayman Islands
- Cuba
- Curaçao
- Dominica
- Dominican Republic
- French Guiana
- Grenada
- Guadeloupe
- Guyana
- Haiti
- Jamaica
- Louisiana
- Montserrat
- Panama
- Puerto Rico
- St Kitts and Nevis
- St Lucia
- St Vincent and Grenadines
- Suriname
- Trinidad and Tobago
- Turks and Caicos
- Virgin Islands
The music of Martinique has a heritage which is intertwined with that of its sister island, Guadeloupe. Despite their small size, the islands have created a large popular music industry, which gained in international renown after the success of zouk music in the later 20th century. Zouk's popularity was particularly intense in France, where the genre became an important symbol of identity for Martinique and Guadeloupe. Zouk's origins are in the folk music of Martinique and Guadeloupe, especially Martinican chouval bwa, and Guadeloupan gwo ka. There's also notable influence of the pan-Caribbeancalypso tradition and Haitian kompa.