Rolo The Ganja (Carnival speech)

Audio file
Date recorded: May 8, 1962
Contributor(s): Performer: de Freitas, Vasco; Recordist: Lomax, Alan
Subject(s):
Genre: masquerade, spoken, story song
Culture: Caribbean, Trinidad
Instruments: voice
Setting: Nicholas Street
Location: Maraval, Diego Martin, Trinidad and Tobago
Physical form: Reel to Reel
Tape number: T1098
Track Number: 1
Archive ID: T1098R01
Transcript: View here
Belongs to: Maraval 5/62
About the session: This session features performances by a tamboo bamboo ensemble as well as a number of carnival speeches/boasts by leader/singer Vasco de Freitas. A tamboo bamboo ensemble consists primarily of bamboo stamping tubes of different sizes that are played in a hocket-like fashion.
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