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Emerald Streams: Caribbean

Broadcast on Newstalk on 28th November 2009

Produced by Rachel Hopkin

Duration: 23'50"

In the first part of her series examining music, migration and Ireland, Rachel Hopkin travels to the island of Montserrat, the Caribbean's self-described 'Emerald Isle', on St Patrick's Day to discover how Irish folk tunes and calypso rhythms have become inextricably linked.