Carriacou String Band Serenade:
Performing Identity in the Eastern Caribbean
by
Rebecca S. Miller
(Wesleyan University Press, February 2008)
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Carriacou String Band Serenade: Performing Identity in the Eastern Caribbean by Rebecca S. Miller (Wesleyan University Press, February 2008) |
All music © artists as indicated within each selection.
Quadrille Music Canute Caliste, violin; Enel James, bass drum; Sonnelle Allert, tambourine; Curtis Joseph, triangle. Recorded February, 1997, L'Esterre, Carriacou. |
Hosannah Band Singing Recorded at the Parang Festival, December, 1996, Tennis Courts, Hillsborough, Carriacou |
String Band Music Recorded at the Parang Festival, December, 1996, Tennis Courts, Hillsborough, Carriacou |
First Figure, English
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New Tide Carolers, "Ding Dong Merrily The Bells," Choice Piece |
Ghetto Boys, Lavway |
Second Figure, English |
Splendiferous, Choice Piece |
BBH, Jingle and opening of Lavway |
Third Figure, English |
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Central Serenaders, Test Piece |
Fourth Figure, English |
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Fifth Figure, English |
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Sixth Figure, English |
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First Figure, Albert |
Enjoy the music as streaming samples, but please do not download!
To purchase archival recordings of music from Carriacou, check out The Alan Lomax Legacy Series on Rounder Records.
All images on this webpage © Rebecca Miller
For further information or problems with this webpage, please email rmiller@hampshire.edu