The Garifuna Collective - Black Catbird by Shika Shika published on 2020-04-23T11:20:25Z The first single from "A Guide to the BIrdsong of Mexico, Central America & the Caribbean" comes from Belize's Garifuna Collective who interpreted the song of the Black Catbird. This is the first single from an album of music inspired by the song of endangered birds with 100% of the profits going towards organisations working to protect them. "A Guide to the Birdsong of Mexico, Central America & the Caribbean” is the second Volume in the series following on from "A Guide to the Birdsong of South America", originally released on Robin's old label Rhythm and Roots. Volume I raised nearly 15,000 USD for two birding organisations and featured artists like Nicola Cruz, Dengue Dengue Dengue and Chancha Via Circuito. For this second edition we have shifted focus north of the equator and to the vulnerability of bird species like the Momoto Carenado (Nicaragua), Ferminia (Cuba) and the Jamaican Blackbird (Jamaica), birds who have dwindled in numbers as a result of the environmental repercussions of climate change, deforestation and trapping for the pet trade. For the album we chose 10 endangered or threatened bird species and challenged 10 of our favourite producers or musicians from the region. Working with the Xeno Canto birdsong community and the Macaulay Library, we sourced a recording of each bird’s song. Each artist was then asked to create an original piece of music inspired by the bird and its song. The project would not have been possible without the support of an incredible Kickstarter community, helping us raise £12,599 in August 2019. Once the costs of production have been covered, all of the proceeds from this album will be donated to Birds Caribbean, La Asociación Ornitológica de Costa Rica and Fundacion TXORI in Mexico. All profits from the sales of the record, music streaming, poster and t-shirt will be shared between these organisations who focus on engaging local communities to help improve and grow the bird tourism sector, create awareness of vulnerable birds with young people and crucially, provide rescue, rehabilitation and breeding programmes. Genre Birdsong Comment by IO Gabrïell genios!! 2024-04-16T00:54:11Z Comment by eli blueSialia omg what an amazing project! <3 <3 2021-03-13T03:35:26Z Comment by ❂ Shimarúa ❂ ❤️ amour 2020-10-11T09:46:05Z Comment by Cova Flores <3 2020-08-04T20:57:52Z Comment by 6匹のおさかな Cool!!! 2020-06-28T05:12:25Z Comment by Josy5 <3 <3 2020-06-26T06:50:33Z Comment by The Deeper Cave very nice!! 2020-05-22T08:18:22Z Comment by kebertxela Thanks 2020-05-19T03:36:24Z Comment by Renan Carvalho just ultra hiper super uper tanks! what a song!shakeshake shikashika 2020-05-18T20:01:46Z Comment by Lionza Beautiful 2020-05-01T13:17:35Z Comment by TiaIsa this track is so meaningful in these times, the unity of Mexico Central america & Caribbean brings the spirit of joy through these sounds, I only wish it was lonngeeerrrr xoxoxo 2020-04-27T20:56:34Z Comment by J. Cat.s. one to my list to get - https://shikashika.bandcamp.com/album/a-guide-to-the-birdsong-of-mexico-central-america-the-caribbean 2020-04-24T16:07:20Z Comment by KaapseKind hermosa xoxox 2020-04-23T15:30:14Z Comment by LaTundraRevista Great sound 2020-04-23T15:00:03Z Comment by Downtempo Rituals <3 2020-04-23T11:33:36Z