mento
Americannoun
Example Sentences
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As a child, he was captivated by local music after hearing a neighbor’s sound system playing mento, a Jamaican folk style.
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 24, 2025
The American folk musical revival of the 1940s and ’50s led him to reconnect with his roots, and he went on to adapt countless Caribbean songs, from Trinidadian calypso to Jamaican mento.
From Washington Post • Dec. 1, 2019
A stream of gifted Jamaican musicians cycled through mento to calypso, jazz, rhythm and blues, and ska.
From New York Times • Mar. 31, 2016
The market also offers mento music, the mostly acoustic precursor to reggae that was practically invented in Port Antonio.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 12, 2013
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From Zoological Illustrations, Volume II or Original Figures and Descriptions of New, Rare, or Interesting Animals by Swainson, William
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