Calypso – a musical style influenced by jazz, usually having topical improvised lyrics,  about human issues such as love, greed, oppression and like topics.

Holiday – music made especially for a holiday season.

Steel Drum – A percussive sound indigenous to the Bahamas, with dominant elements including goatskin drums, cowbells, horns, and whistles.

Rake n’ Scrape – featuring the sounds of carpenter saws being scraped by knives, accordions, and drums.

Reggae – a style of music blending blues, calypso, and rock-n-roll with strong syncopated rhythm and lyrics of social protest.

Soca– A style of dance music derived from calypso and American soul music and having a pounding beat.

Island Music – modern day music of the Bahamas, combining calypso, soca, junkanoo beats, and rake n’ scrape