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The Big Drum and Other Ritual and Social Music of Carriacou

by Various Artists
24 SONGS
Jan 1980
Cromanti Cudjoe (Beg Pardon Big Drum Song)
Sugar Adam, Mary Fortune, Lucien Duncan, Caddy John, Prince Lawrence, Fernan' Mitchel, Grace Roman & Faith Lawrence
Ibo and Dem (Nation Big Drum Song)
Mary Fortune, Lucien Duncan, Caddy John, Prince Lawrence, Fernan' Mitchel, Grace Roman & Faith Lawrence
Ju Belle (Juba Big Drum Song)
Sugar Adam, Mary Fortune, Lucien Duncan, Caddy John, Prince Lawrence, Fernan' Mitchel, Grace Roman, Faith Lawrence & Lawrence Mitchel
January Has Gone Away (Patois Song)
Morgan Longland & Augustus Providence
Lillian (Calypso)
Desmond Bristol
Good South (Calypso)
Mighty Tangler
Raycan (Calypso)
The Sunblister's Combo
Mama Liza Canbulay (Kalinda Big Drum Song)
Caddy John, Fernan' Mitchel, Fenderson Lawrence & Mitchel Lawrence
Juvay Mama (Carnival Jab-Jab)
Jab-jabs at a Carnival celebration
Ladies and Gents (Carnival Speech)
St. John Joseph
Political Discrimination (Calypso)
Desmond Bristol
Hello in Africa (Carnival Wild Indian Mas')
Male vocal chorus at Carnival
Mas' in Madison Square Garden (Carnival Steel Band)
Solar Symphony Steel Orchestra
Mas' in Madison Square Garden (Carnival String Band)
Carnival string band with saxophone
Who Go Cut the Wood Tirina? (Pass Play Ring Game Song)
Teenage boys and girls from L'Esterre
Christmas Serenading (Hosanna bands)
Desmond Bristol, Gordon Cayanne & Billy Lynch
First Figure (Lancer's dance)
Cecil Chase, Simon Alexander, Milton Coy, M. Caldwell Roberts & Kaison Augustine
Bam Bam We Want to Soldier (Joining Wedding Song)
Brison Bristol, Jones Corion, Alton Joseph & Canute Caliste
In the Mood / Yankee Doodle (Joining Wedding Music)
Mr. St. Hilaire & Mr. Benjamin
The Lord Is My Shepherd (Hymn)
Woman singing with chorus at prayer meeting (Tombstone Feast), Top Hill
I'm a Born Believer (Sankey)
Male and female chorus with handclapping at prayer meeting
Ring Down Below (Shanty)
Charlie Bristol
Second Figure Waltz (Quadrille)
Canute Caliste, Jones Corion & Alton Joseph
If I Were a Black Bird (Ballad)
Mrs. Bethel & Mr. Bethel