The Bahamas: Islands of Song
produced by Pete Reiniger, fl. 1956 (Smithsonian Folkways Recordings, 1997), 1 hour
Details
- Field of Interest
- World Music
- Description
- This compilation of music from the Bahamas includes goombay rake-and-scrape dance bands (goombay refers to both the skin drum and the ensemble as a whole), spirituals, and fingerpicking guitar music. All the performers on this recording participated in the 1994 Festival of American Folklife, an annual event presented on the Mall in Washington, D.C., by the Smithsonian Institute’s Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage. They were recorded in Nassau on 2 and 3 February 1995.
- Content Type
- Music recording
- Duration
- 1 hour
- Format
- Audio
- Sub Genre
- Folk Song, Song, Quadrille, Spiritual, Waltz, Game Song
- Label
- Smithsonian Folkways Recordings
- Producer
- Pete Reiniger, fl. 1956
- Release Date
- 1997
- 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, Bahamas
- Keywords and Translated Subjects
- América del Sud, México, Centroamérica y el Caribe, América do Sul, México, América Central e Caribe