Various Artists - Bahamas, the - Islands of Song

Item#: 1019705

Item: Various Artists - Bahamas, the - Islands of Song - CD

Artist: Various
Title: Bahamas, the - Islands of Song
Music: Caribbean
Year: 1997
Format: CD
Number Of Items: 1
Condition: This item is New
Label: Smithsonian Folkways

Item Weight (kilo): 0.09
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Details:
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.

Features:
Recorded by: Pete Reiniger - Liner Notes by: Gail Saunders - Liner Notes by: Kayla Olubumni Lockhart Edwards - Produced by: Pete Reiniger - Recorded by: Pete Reiniger

Information:
Year of Recording: 1997
Source: Archive Smithsonian Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage
Released On: 29 October 2009

Tracklisting:
You Ain't Hurryin' Me - Dicey Doh Singers - 2:32
girl, If I Write You - Nat Saunders - 2:35
watermelon Is Spoilin' On The Vine - Thomas Cartwright And The Boys - 2:44
rain Children - Sons Of Andros - 2:10
when I Get Inside - Cat Island Mites And Friends - 1:31
i'm Going Home On The Morning Train - Israel Forbes - 2:46
big Belly Man Polka - Ed Moxey's Rake 'n Scrape - 2:22
all In The Woods - Avis Armbrister And Almeda Campbell - 3:19
let The Church Roll On - Dicey Doh Singers - 2:08
lynn - Nat Saunders - 2:46
went To The Bight - Cat Island Mites - 1:36
nobody's Darling But Mine - Thomas Cartwright And The Boys - 2:37
christian Automobile - Sons Of Andros - 2:15
let Me Call You Sweetheart - Israel Forbes - 2:25
sloop John B - Dicey Doh Singers - 2:10
jimmy Bend A Tree While It's Young - Thomas Cartwright And The Boys - 2:45
round And Round The Bar Room - Nat Saunders, Huelon Newbold, And Orlando Turnquest - 3:30
roll Of Pin - Alvis Armbrister And Almeda Campbell - 4:29
dry Bones - Sons Of Andros - 3:01
bid You Goodnight - Cat Island Mites - 2:59
the Timestable - Ed Moxey's Rake 'n Scrape - 2:14
god Sent Jonah - Israel Forbes - 2:50
liar - Dicey Doh Singers - 2:13

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