Interview with Ridley Davis about freedom songs

Audio file
Date recorded: May 3, 1962
Contributor(s): Performer: Rose of Sharon Singers; Performer: Lomax, Alan; Performer: Davis, Ridley; Recordist: Lomax, Alan
Subject(s):
Genre: interview/commentary, slavery song, spoken
Culture: Caribbean, Trinidad
Instruments: voice
Language: Trinidadian Creole French
Location: Toco, Sangre Grande, Trinidad and Tobago
Physical form: Reel to Reel
Tape number: T1070
Track Number: 7
Archive ID: T1070R07
Note: This recording includes snippets of what Alan Lomax refers to as a “freedom songs” in the Field Log. It features solo (male) voice—probably that of Ridley Davis—and an a cappella setting. The performance is interspersed with commentary by the performer and questions by Alan Lomax.
Belongs to: Toco I 5/62
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