093074040522

The Bahamas: Islands Of Song

Various Artists

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Format: CD

Cat No: SFW40405

Release Date:  15 July 1997

Label:  Smithsonian Folkways

Packaging Type:  Jewel Case

No of Units:  1

Barcode:  093074040522

Genres:  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.

  • Tracklisting

      Disc 1

      Side 1

      • 1. You Ain't Hurryin' Me - Dicey Doh Singers
      • 2. Girl If I Write You - Saunders, Nat
      • 3. Watermelon Is Spoilin' On The Vine - Cartwright, Thomas & The Boys
      • 4. Rain Children - Sons Of Andros
      • 5. When I Get Inside - Cat Island Mites & Friends
      • 6. I'm Going Home On The Morning Train - Forbes, Israel
      • 7. Big Belly Man Polka - Moxey, Ed Rake 'N Scrape
      • 8. All In The Woods - Campbell, Almeda
      • 9. Let The Church Roll On - Dicey Doh Singers
      • 10. Lynn - Saunders, Nat
      • 11. Went To The Bight - Cat Island Mites
      • 12. Nobody's Darling But Mine - Cartwright, Thomas & The Boys
      • 13. Christian Automobile - Sons Of Andros
      • 14. Let Me Call You Sweetheart - Forbes, Israel
      • 15. Sloop John B - Dicey Doh Singers
      • 16. Jimmy Bend A Tree While It's Young - Cartwright, Thomas & The Boys
      • 17. Round And Round The Bar Room - Saunders, Nat
      • 18. Roll Of Pin - Campbell, Almeda
      • 19. Dry Bones - Sons Of Andros
      • 20. Bid You Goodnight - Cat Island Mites
      • 21. Timestable - Moxey, Ed Rake 'N Scrape
      • 22. God Sent Jonah - Forbes, Israel
      • 23. Liar - Dicey Doh Singers

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