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Bongo, Backra & Coolie: Jamaican Roots, Vol. 1
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produced by Kenneth M. Bilby, 1953- (Folkways Records, 1975), 40 mins

Jamaican folk music blends African, European and East Indian (in dialect: Bongo, Backra and Coolie) roots into something distinctly Jamaican. Kumina, a magico-religious cult of predominantly rural peasantry, includes invocation of and possession by gods and ancestral spirits aided by songs and drumbeats. Convin...

produced by Kenneth M. Bilby, 1953- (Folkways Records, 1975), 40 mins
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W'odo - Welcome Song
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produced by Clifford Entes; in Creole Music of Surinam (Folkways Records, 1978), 2 mins

This collection presents the two main genres of Afro-Dutch Guyanese music—Kawina-winti and Kaseko-Opo Poku. Sung in Taki-Taki (a native Creole dialect consisting of English, Dutch, Portuguese, and African languages) this album offers a glimpse into Surinamese life and the music that accompanies it.

produced by Clifford Entes; in Creole Music of Surinam (Folkways Records, 1978), 2 mins
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Dabuyabarugu: Inside the Temple - Sacred Music of the Garifuna of Belize
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produced by Carol Jenkins and Travis Jenkins (Folkways Records, 1982), 52 mins

The Garifuna are descendants of escaped slaves who intermarried with native Carib and Arawak Indians. This album is a collection of music recorded during a dugu, a two week ceremonial feast that attempts to placate the gods. Requiring a year of preparation, and an ample supply of rum, the music heard on this al...

produced by Carol Jenkins and Travis Jenkins (Folkways Records, 1982), 52 mins
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Ceremonial
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produced by Bernard Keiler, fl. 1962; in Instruments and Music of Indians of Bolivia (Folkways Records, 1962), 2 mins
“The native music of Bolivia is as varied as the landscape of that fascinating country. From the shores of Lake Titicaca 12,000 feet above sea level to the lush valleys of Cochabamba and Tarija instruments and styles of music range from the monotonous pentatonic incantation played by a group of sicuris (panpiper...
produced by Bernard Keiler, fl. 1962; in Instruments and Music of Indians of Bolivia (Folkways Records, 1962), 2 mins
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Music of Cuba
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produced by Verna Gillis, 1942- and John Santos (Folkways Records, 1985), 48 mins
produced by Verna Gillis, 1942- and John Santos (Folkways Records, 1985), 48 mins
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Music of Guatemala, Vol. 2
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produced by Jacques Jangoux (Folkways Records, 1973), 42 mins
Produced and recorded by Jacques Jangoux.

"The music presented in this album is typical of rural Guatemala. Most of the inhabitants of this area are Indians of Mayan descent, but almost everywhere in the Guatemalan countryside one can also find Ladinos: persons, of whatever descent, who speak Spanish in their...
produced by Jacques Jangoux (Folkways Records, 1973), 42 mins
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Service at St. Stephens Anglican Church
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(1936, 1946, 1952 and 1941); produced by Samuel Barclay Charters, 1929-2015; in Music of the Bahamas, Vol. 2: Anthems, Work Songs and Ballads (Folkways Records, 1959), 3 mins

When reading Samuel Charters’ saga of his search for Frederick McQueen, one gets the sense that he is chasing a ghost on the Bahamas’ largest island of Andros - coincidentally known for its mysticism and unearthly objects. What Charters discovers, however, is one of the country’s greatest ballad singers an...

(1936, 1946, 1952 and 1941); produced by Samuel Barclay Charters, 1929-2015; in Music of the Bahamas, Vol. 2: Anthems, Work Songs and Ballads (Folkways Records, 1959), 3 mins
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Music of the Coastal Amerindians of Guyana: The Arawak, Carib and Warrau
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produced by David Blair Stiffler, fl. 1981-2014 (Folkways Records, 1982), 45 mins
"This recording presents songs of the Warrau, the Carib, and the Arawak Amerindian tribes of Guyana, South America. These families of Amerindian peoples are spread along the rivers and waterways of the Northeast coast of South America, south of the Orinoco and north of the Amazon, but this recording was made enti...
produced by David Blair Stiffler, fl. 1981-2014 (Folkways Records, 1982), 45 mins
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Eka epu pah
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(1950); produced by David Blair Stiffler, fl. 1981-2014; in Music of the Haut Oyapok: Oyampi and Emerillon Indians, French Guiana, South America (Folkways Records, 1980), 1 min
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Flute Solos: a) Son del Rey Moro (Music for the King of the Moors)/b) Son del Amorate/c) Son para la Procession (Processional Music)/d) Descanso de los Santos (Resting Place of the Saints)/e) Entrada de la Imagen en la Cofradia (Entrance of the Saint into
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produced by Henrietta Yurchenco, 1916-2007; in Music of the Maya-Quiches of Guatemala: The Rabinal Achi and Baile de las Canastas (Folkways Records, 1978), 7 mins
Produced and recorded by Henrietta Yurchenco.

Rabinal Achi is one of the few pre-Columbian literary works to survive the Conquest, a tragic story of epic proportions that, like other pre-Hispanic dramas, employed song, dance, mime, masks and declamation.
Baile de las Canastas (Dance of the Baskets) celebrates...
produced by Henrietta Yurchenco, 1916-2007; in Music of the Maya-Quiches of Guatemala: The Rabinal Achi and Baile de las Canastas (Folkways Records, 1978), 7 mins
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