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Caribbean Folk Music, Vol. 1

by Various Artists

26 SONGS

Jan 1960

Trulla de Navidad (Christmas Rush) - Puerto Rico

Ensemble featuring guitar, maracas, güiro, solo voice and chorus

Baquiné (Puerto Rico)

Community elder with drums and chorus, Puerto Rico

Arada Dance (Carriacou)

Big Drum Dance participants, Carriacou

Kumina Dance (Jamaica)

Kumina singers with two drums, Jamaica

Heel and Toe Polka (The Bahamas)

Howard Johnson & Alfred Henderson

So Them Bad Minded (Calypso) - San Andrés

Aguinaldo Hooker

Stickman (Calypso) - San Andrés

Aguinaldo Hooker

Old Calypso (Trinidad)

The Mighty Zebra

Bèlè Dance Song (Trinidad)

Women singing and playing percussion, Trinidad

Seven Step (St. Thomas)

Mebobo's Quintet

Bamboula Dance (St. Thomas)

Women singing and playing bamboula drum, St. Thomas

Lapli Tombé (The Rain Falls) - St. Thomas

The Carenage Troubadours

Down into the Village Sammy Rimer (Tortola, V.I.)

A Scratch Band from Savan

One Bright Summer Morning (Tortola, V.I.)

Mrs. Viola Penn

Song to Chango (Cuba)

Male soloist with chorus and drums, Cuba

Balile (Give Him Room) - Haiti

Rara band during Carnival, Pétion-Ville, Haiti

Fignolé (Haiti)

Carnival participants, Pétion-Ville, Haiti

Nous Allons Dodo (We Are Going to Sleep) - Haiti

Jazz Majestic Orchestra

Un Soir (One Evening) - Haiti

Afeduani (Honduras)

Garifuna women, Barrio Cristales, Trujillo

Serenade (Honduras)

Garifuna men and women, Travesía, Puerto Cortés

Ba Anansi (Brother Anansi) - Surinam

Child singing with musical accompaniment

Mazurka (Martinique)

Orchestre du Groupe Folklorique

Vals Guadaloupienne (Guadaloupe)

Orchestre du Gilbert Fanfant

Aura Waltz (Curacao)

Padu del Caribe & Netherlands Antilles Orchestra

Corrido de Pancho Villa (Mexico)

S. Quiroz & A. Lorca