Various Artists - African & Afro-American / Various - COMPACT DISCS [CD]

The 24 selections included in the 1951 compilation InchNegro Folk Music of Africa and AmericaInch provide a sample of musical styles from Africa, and the African diaspora in South America, the Caribbean, and the Southern United States. This anthology demonstrates the continuation of African musical traditions into the New World. According to producer Harold Courlander, Inchin some parts of the Americas it is possible to find old African songs and dances that are still known in almost identical form in local African communities.Inch the album includes songs such as InchIngane KamalumeInch from South Africa, Inch'Jesha Cult SongInch from Brazil, and InchDidn't You Hear My Lord When He Called?Inch from Alabama, USA. In addition, a 6-page booklet of liner notes by Harold Courlander features a brief description of African music and it's influence in other regions and detailed song descriptions. Album Tracks 1. Igane Kamalume 2. Shayisa Inkasa 3. Music of Boatmen 4. Bara Sanabo - Bara 5. Bara Sanabo - Bara 6. Traveling Song 7. Festival Song 8. Swahili Bina Adamu 9. Tigrai Ballad 10. Amhara Ballad 11. Jesha Cult Song 12. Cowherds' Festival 13. Worksong 14. Juba Dance 15. Nago Dance 16. Merengue-Chere Maman 17. Gallinita Toma Tu Maiz 18. Lucumi Song 19. Ajo Ajo 20. Beli Dance 21. What Shall I Do to Be Saved? 22. Didn't You Hear My Lord When He Called 23. My Name Has Been Written Down 24. Move Members Move

The first folk sampler from the legendary Tradition tag of the 1950's featuring such iconoclasts as Odetta, Etta Baker, Oscar Brand, John Jacob Niles and many others Album Tracks 1. The Bird's Courtship - Ed McCurdy W/ Erik Darling 2. O?Donnell Aboo - Tommy Makem W/ the Clancy Brothers 3. John Henry - Mrs. Etta Baker 4. The Hearse Song - Colyn Davies 5. Rodenos - El Ni?O de Ronda 6. Johnny's Gone to Hilo - Paul Clayton 7. Dark As a Dungeon - Glenn Yarbrough 8. Johnny Lad - Ewan MacColl W/ Peggy Seeger 9. Ha-Na-Ava Ba-Ba-Not - Hillel and Aviva 10. I Was Born About 10,000 Years Ago-Oscar Brand W/F. Hellerman 11. Keel Row - Isla Cameron 12. The Fairy Boy - Seamus Ennis 13. The Gambling Suitor - Jean Ritchie and Paul Clayton 14. Spiritual Trilogy - Odetta 15. South Australia - a. L. Lloyd 16. Lulle Lullay - John Jacob Niles 17. Whiskey You?Re the Devil - Liam Clancy 18. I Loved a Lass - Ewan MacColl 19. Carraig Donn - Mary O?Hara 20. Rosie-C.B. And 10 Others with Axes, Mississippi St Penitentiary 21. Sail Away Ladies - Odetta 22. Ain't No More Cane on This Brazis - Alan Lomax 23. Railroad Bill - Mrs. Etta Baker 24. Billy Boy - Ed McCurdy 25. When I Was Single - David Hammond 26. Donna, Donna - Italian Brass Band and Chorus

The Pacific Lowlands -the coastal regions of Panama, Colombia, and Ecuador -experienced a mingling of African and Hispanic cultures after Spanish conquest in the 16th century. This cultural blending is exemplified in Afro-Hispanic Music from Western Colombia and Ecuador, in which denizens of the tropical Lowlands perform pieces such as the Currulao (marimba dance) and Arrullo (spiritual). The music reflects realities of life in this hot, rainy climate, where men move away from their families in search of work and children especially die from malaria and dysentery. Liner notes include a description of Lowlands culture and the dances that accompany each piece. One of the Bambuco tracks also appears as InchAdies, BerejiInch on the compilation CD Raices Latinas Smithsonian Folkways Latino Roots Collection (SFW40470, 2002). Album Tracks 1. Currulao InchBambucoInch 2. Currulao InchBambucoInch 3. Currulao InchBambucoInch 4. Currulao InchAgua GrandeInch 5. Currulao InchTorbellinoInch 6. Alavado InchAdios Primo HermanoInch 7. Alavado InchSanta MariaInch / InchSanto Dios, Santo FuerteInch (Medley) 8. Fiesta Song (Improvisation) 9. Arrullo InchSan AntonioInch 10. Arrullo InchLa Maria SoyInch 11. Arrullo InchAurora de la Ma?AnaInch 12. Arrullo InchFalta El UnoInch 13. Arrullo 14. Arrullo InchLa Golpe de la CajitaInch 15. Arrullo InchEste Ni?O QuiereInch 16. Arrullo InchMe Voy Pa' Bel?NInch 17. Arrullo InchVamos ArrullarInch 18. Song InchA la Mina No VoyInch