Audio file

Date recorded: July 30, 1962
Contributor(s): Performer: Big Drum group; Performer: Unidentified; Performer: Noel, Matilda; Performer: Mrs. Silvisa; Performer: Lazarus, Tida; Performer: Lazarus, Beatrice; Performer: Joseph, Jemina; Performer: John, Caddy Lazarus; Performer: James, Mannie; Performer: Fortune, May; Performer: Clement, Larena; Performer: Aikens, Daniel; Performer: Adams, Ferguson (Sugar Tamarind); Recordist: Lomax, Alan
Subject(s):
Genre: Big Drum dance, dance tune
Culture: Carriacou, Grenadines
Instruments: boula drum, chac chac, cutter drum, voice
Language: Carriacou Creole French
Location: Bellevue South, Carriacou, Carriacou and Petite Martinique, Grenada
Physical form: Reel to Reel
Tape number: T1195
Track Number: 1
Archive ID: T1195R01
Note: Call-and-response between the lead singer and (six women) chorus. The lead singer is probably playing the chac chac. Performance concludes with a drum feature/solo.
Transcript:
Belongs to: Bellevue 7/62
About the session: This session features a Big Drum group performing a number of dance songs, as well as game songs and lullabies. Alan Lomax's field long names a number of individuals who participated in this session and unless otherwise specified they are all listed as "possible" performers.
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