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The Big Drum Dance of Carriacou
The Big Drum Dance is one of the most significant musical rituals on the island of Carriacou in the Grenadines. Really a long series of dances, the Big Drum Dance is prepared for special festivals such as marriage ceremonies, tombstone raisings, fishing boat launchings and in the case of ill-health or ill-fortun...
The Big Drum Dance is one of the most significant musical rituals on the island of Carriacou in the Grenadines. Really a long series of dances, the Big Drum Dance is prepared for special festivals such as marriage ceremonies, tombstone raisings, fishing boat launchings and in the case of ill-health or ill-fortune. In each occasion, the main focus is twofold: remembering lineage and respecting ancestors. The music consists of singing and chant...
The Big Drum Dance is one of the most significant musical rituals on the island of Carriacou in the Grenadines. Really a long series of dances, the Big Drum Dance is prepared for special festivals such as marriage ceremonies, tombstone raisings, fishing boat launchings and in the case of ill-health or ill-fortune. In each occasion, the main focus is twofold: remembering lineage and respecting ancestors. The music consists of singing and chanting typically joined by three drums, shakers and maracas.
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The Black Caribs of Honduras
"The Black Caribs are a hybrid people who emerged as an ethnic group in the late seventeenth and early eighteenth century on St. Vincent, one of the Windward Islands. Their very name denotes, to a certain extent, the racial mixture, altho...
"The Black Caribs are a hybrid people who emerged as an ethnic group in the late seventeenth and early eighteenth century on St. Vincent, one of the Windward Islands. Their very name denotes, to a certain extent, the racial mixture, although one component of this group, the Arawak, are not suggested. Today, Black Carib settlements extend from the Black River in Honduras... Produced by Doris Stone. Recorded by Peter Kite Smith, Willard Pictures.
"The Black Caribs are a hybrid people who emerged as an ethnic group in the late seventeenth and early eighteenth century on St. Vincent, one of the Windward Islands. Their very name denotes, to a certain extent, the racial mixture, although one component of this group, the Arawak, are not suggested. Today, Black Carib settlements extend from the Black River in Honduras to Stann Creek in British Honduras including the north coast of Guatemala..."
Doris Stone
Producido por Doris Stone. Grabado por Peter Kite Smith, Willard Pictures.
"Los Caribeños Negros o Garífunas son una raza híbrida que surgió como grupo étnico a finales del siglo XVII y comienzos del siglo XVIII en St. Vincent, una de las Islas de Barlovento. El nombre mismo denota hasta cierto punto la mezcla racial, aunque uno de los componentes de este grupo, el arawak, no está sugerido. Hoy en día los asentamientos de Caribeños Negros se extienden desde el Río Negro en Honduras hasta Stann Creek en Belice, incluyendo la costa norte de Guatemala..."
Doris Stone
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Bomba: Monitor Presents Music of the Caribbean
The Federators Steel Band from Antigua and Barbuda, Vaccines Petionville and the Chanteclair Trio from Haiti, and The Colon Sisters and Paquito López Cruz Ensemble from Puerto Rico give listeners a taste of the diverse musical genres to be found in the English, French and Spanish-speaking Caribbean. Whether on s...
The Federators Steel Band from Antigua and Barbuda, Vaccines Petionville and the Chanteclair Trio from Haiti, and The Colon Sisters and Paquito López Cruz Ensemble from Puerto Rico give listeners a taste of the diverse musical genres to be found in the English, French and Spanish-speaking Caribbean. Whether on steel pan, guitar, or hurdy-gurdy, this collection of Caribbean music is true to its regionever vibrant!
Bongo, Backra & Coolie: Jamaican Roots, Vol. 1
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...
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. Convince, another magico-religious cult that likely originated among the Maroons of the Blue Mountains, differs from kumina on two basic acco...
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. Convince, another magico-religious cult that likely originated among the Maroons of the Blue Mountains, differs from kumina on two basic accounts: ghosts called “duppies” rather than gods do the possessing and convince music never uses drums. Yet, kumina and convince share similar lineage from African cultural practices. Also sampled here are examples of “Hindustani” music intended for dancing. These selections use the tabla drum, the “Indian fiddle” (a bowed three-stringed instrument) and a nasal vocal tone. Volume Two (FW04232) continues with Zion Revival, quadrille bands and fife and drum music.
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Bongo, Backra & Coolie: Jamaican Roots, Vol. 2
Jamaican folk music blends African, European and East Indian (in dialect: Bongo, Backra and Coolie) roots into something distinctly Jamaican. Revival Zion, an Afro-Christian religious cult influenced by the early 19th century Myal cults and American missionaries (largely Baptist), involves possession led by a bo...
Jamaican folk music blends African, European and East Indian (in dialect: Bongo, Backra and Coolie) roots into something distinctly Jamaican. Revival Zion, an Afro-Christian religious cult influenced by the early 19th century Myal cults and American missionaries (largely Baptist), involves possession led by a body of music comprised of Christian hymns, choruses, bands choruses and blowing tunes. Possession is uniquely defined by a heavy rhythm...
Jamaican folk music blends African, European and East Indian (in dialect: Bongo, Backra and Coolie) roots into something distinctly Jamaican. Revival Zion, an Afro-Christian religious cult influenced by the early 19th century Myal cults and American missionaries (largely Baptist), involves possession led by a body of music comprised of Christian hymns, choruses, bands choruses and blowing tunes. Possession is uniquely defined by a heavy rhythmic breathing often called “trumping”; this practice is clearly audible on this recording. Quadrille (“katreel”) music hearkens back to the colonial era when slaves learned European dance forms for the entertainment of the Europeans, but it quickly became a fully appropriated fiddle music for the entertainment of the non-Europeans following the fall of slavery. On these recordings, the instrumentation includes bamboo fife, guitars and four-string banjo. Fife and drum music is often associated with junkanoo festivities surrounding the Christmas season that involves energetic dancing intended for “jollification.” Volume One (FW04231) includes music of kumina and convince cults and “Hindustani” dance music.
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Boricua Roots/Raices Boricuas: Sings Puerto Rican Songs
Ana Luisa Durán
"El título de es... "The title of this album, Boricua Roots, does not represent a catching design in search of sales success. Neither does the collection of songs. Nor has the singer channeled her extraordinary potential into a route of splendor. A laborious, at times painful scrutiny has preceded this album. It symbolizes the modest, inwardly gravitating pursuit of a derooted generation in search of dignified anchorage..."
Ana Luisa Durán
"El título de este álbum, Raíces Boricuas, no representa un rótulo en busca de promoción de ventas. Ni es cartel competitivo la colección de sus canciones. Tampoco ha encauzado la cantante su extraordinario potencial en una ruta de esplendor. Una trabajosa búsqueda, a veces dolorosa, ha precedido la elaboración de este álbum, que simboliza una modesta, centrípeta exploración de una generación en pos de digno anclaje..."
Ana Luisa Durán
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Brotando del Silencio - Breaking Out of the Silence
Belita Martínez
"La historia y la opresión experimentada por la mujer de La Raza, la mujer latina, no son muy conocidas en los Estados Unidos, aún en estos años en los que tanto se oye hablar de liberación femenina. Por ‘La Raza’ nosotros entendemos la población predominante del continente americano, la gente que es una mezcla racial entre indígenas, europeos y africanos. Para nosotros, las mujeres de La Raza incluyen chicanas, puertorriqueñas, mujeres de Centroamérica y América del Sur. Nuestros antecedentes nacionales y culturales pueden variar mucho pero tenemos más cosas en común que diferencias..."
Belita Martínez
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Button Accordion and Bandoneón Music from Northern Uruguay
