Research Catalog

Title

Saraca [sound recording] : funerary music of Carriacou.

Publication

Cambridge, Mass. : Rounder Records Corp, p2000.

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Details

Additional Authors

Lomax, Alan, 1915-2002.

Description

1 sound disc : digital; 4 3/4 in.

Series Statement

• Caribbean voyage
• Alan Lomax collection

Alternative Title

Funerary music of Carriacou

Subject

• Funeral rites and ceremonies > Grenada > Carriacou Island
• Folk music > Grenada > Carriacou Island
• Hymns, English > Grenada > Carriacou Island
• Sea songs > Grenada > Carriacou Island
• Drum > Grenada > Carriacou Island
• Folk songs, Creole > Grenada > Carriacou Island
• Folk songs, English > Grenada > Carriacou Island
• Carriacou Island (Grenada) > Songs and music

Note

• Compact disc.
• Program notes by Morton Marks & Keith Bilby with English and Creole lyrics (English translations as necessary), bibliography and discography ([34] p. : ill.) inserted in container.

Event (note)

• Original field recordings produced and recorded by Alan Lomax in 1962, at various sites in Carriacou, Grenada.

Contents

I have a sword in my hand / (Edith Hector) (1:42) -- Near the cross / (Chorus) (1:45) -- Timi, timi, zewon / Newton Joseph (2:45) -- Mbadi-o, dem dei-o / (Charlie Bristol) (2:19) -- I promise the Lord / (Martha Dick) (2:04) -- Gone to Ninneveh / (Chorus) (2:44) -- Be on time / (Chorus) (2:05) -- Yard-o, yard-o / (Charlie Bristol) (3:18) -- Humble-o / (Daniel Aikens) (6:12) -- Ring down below / (Charlie Bristol) (3:39) -- O, the angels / (Martha Dick) (2:31) -- Cromanti / (Sugar Adams, Daniel Aikens, Caddy Lazarus John) (2:09) -- Juba / (Sugar Adams, Daniel Aikens, Caddy Lazarus John) (2:46) -- Quilbe / (Sugar Adams, Daniel Aikens, Caddy Lazarus John) (3:06) -- Juba noel, Juba-lo (bongo) / (Jemina Joseph, May Fortune) (3:08) -- Mmwe malade ayo (Gwa bèlé) / (Jemina Joseph, May Fortune) (4:01) -- Anansi-o-e (Cremanti) / (Jemina Joseph) (4:30) -- Anti-o, coro, coro (Kongo) / (Jemina Joseph) (2:36) -- Maiwaz-o (Old people's bongo) / (Jemina Joseph) (3:56) -- Di ye mwe 'rivé (Old people's kalenda) / (Jemina Joseph) (4:09) -- Djerika-o (Arada) / (May Fortune) (2:07) -- Neg-la-rivé, qué a kende (Cromanti) / (May Fortune) (1:24) -- Jean, ay, Jean, kay-mwen bwoule / (Newton Joseph) (1:52) -- Saraca (interview) / (May Fortune) (9:58).

Call Number

*LDC 25068 (F)

OCLC

45230777

Title

Saraca [sound recording] : funerary music of Carriacou.

Imprint

Cambridge, Mass. : Rounder Records Corp, p2000.

Series

Caribbean voyage

Alan Lomax collection

Performer

Various performers.

Event

Original field recordings produced and recorded by Alan Lomax in 1962, at various sites in Carriacou, Grenada.

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Added Author

Lomax, Alan, 1915-2002. Producer

Lomax, Alan, 1915-2002. Recording engineer

Publisher No.

11661-1726-2 Rounder Records

Research Call Number

*LDC 25068 (F) Program notes and lyrics on file.