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Though his songs about Bahamian culture are lighthearted and fun, for artist Kirkland "K.B." Bodie, keeping culture alive is a serious matter.
"We're going down the path of total wrong," he says. "We're picking up so much nonsense from other cultures that we are losing what we have."
K.B. would know - the music on his "Bahamian Hits" and "K.B. and Friends" albums are without a doubt the epitome of Bahamian Rake n' Scrape. When Bahamians list "true-true" Bahamian music, his name is one of the first out of their mouths.
Yet the singer is concerned about the future of such sound - indeed, the future of Bahamian culture in general, especially in the arena of the arts. Culture now, he points out, is a two-dimensional idea to many Bahamians.
"They equate Bahamian culture with the colors of the flag. I've been to many functions that are about culture and they put on their Bahamian colors, that's what Bahamian culture is to them. It's ridiculous," he says.
"Other people, they are only
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