Drums of Defiance: Maroon Music from the Earliest Free Black Communities of Jamaica
produced by Kenneth M. Bilby, 1953- (Smithsonian Folkways Recordings, 1992), 1 hour 9 mins
Details
- Field of Interest
- World Music
- Description
- Featuring complex, West African influenced drumming and dancing, this little-known rural tradition is at the heart of modern, politically charged reggae music. The conviction heard here reveals a long history of struggle. During the 17th and 18th centuries, some of the Africans brought to Jamaica as slaves escaped to the mountains. There they settled, and over time, they became known as "Maroons." Today, four major Maroon colonies still exist in Jamaica's rugged western Cockpit Country and in the eastern Blue Mountains. Some selections on this recording were previously issued in 1981 on Folkways 4027. "..[A]n aural kaleidoscope, presenting small glimpses into the colorful world of the Maroon music of Jamaica." — Sing Out
- Content Type
- Music recording
- Duration
- 1 hour 9 mins
- Format
- Audio
- Sub Genre
- Drumming, Traditional, Reggae, Tambu, Afro-Cuban
- Label
- Smithsonian Folkways Recordings
- Producer
- Kenneth M. Bilby, 1953-
- Release Date
- 1992
- Subject
- World Music, Music & Performing Arts, South America, Mexico, Central America, and the Caribbean, América del Sud, México, Centroamérica y el Caribe, América do Sul, México, América Central e Caribe, Jamaica
- Keywords and Translated Subjects
- América del Sud, México, Centroamérica y el Caribe, América do Sul, México, América Central e Caribe