The Caribbean’s Best Airport Band

By: - August 21st, 2014

Above: the Sunshine Mento Band (CJ Photo)

It’s something we think should be mandatory in every Caribbean airport: the musical welcome.

Music is one of the best ways to discover a place — and when you arrive after a flight, short or long, authentic music immediately reminds you that you’re in the Caribbean.

It used to be more common in the region, but today only some Caribbean airports make the effort to welcome travelers with locally-sourced live songs.

Jamaica’s Sangster International Airport in Montego Bay is one of the airports that honours this old Caribbean tradition, and the result is, not surprisingly, superb.

Head to the baggage claim, and you’ll be serenaded by Jamaica’s cherished classic genre, Mento music, and the exploits of The Sunshine Mento Band, led by Oscar Rose.

in our humble opinion, the region’s best airport band.

Watch the video below above for a small sample.
— CJ

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