Various Artists - Calypsos From Panama / Various - COMPACT DISCS [CD]

The Cuna or Tule, who call themselves the 'Golden People,' live principally in the Archipelago of San Blas and the mouth of the Bayano and Chucunaque rivers in Panama. Although the Cuna are technically 'Panamanian' citizens, they have achieved one of the most positive arrangements of any indigenous people in the world today by having almost complete sovereignty over their own lands and affairs. The Chocoe live in the Darien province of Panama and in the Department of Chocoe in Colombia. They are basically a nomadic people but have established permanent residences in various locations... David Blair Stiffler. Album Tracks 1. Camu Burwi - Flute Music 2. Cuna Lullaby (For a Baby Boy) 3. Cuna Lullaby 4. Aquanusa - Healing Chant 5. Camu Suid Inna Suid - Incantation for Girls Puberty Rite 6. Bastica - Flute and Drum Music, Rio Chico-Corazal 7. Nomina - Flute and Drum Composition 8. Aru Ruah 9. Spirit Invocation - Chocoe Shaman or Jaibana (With Leaves) 10. Untitled 11. Untitled 12. Chocoe Festival Music

Album Tracks 1. Carnival Is Bacchanal 2. Mary Anne 3. Druscilla 4. Cousin Family 5. Dorothy, One Morning 6. Nous Allons Dodo (We Are Going to Sleep) 7. Trois Fois Trois (Three Times Three) 8. Ang?Lique, Oh (Angelica, Oh) 9. M?Nage Qui Belle (Beautiful Sweetheart)

This is not the glossy, occasionally dross calypso that entertains tourists or wins Calypso King competitions. It is more rustic in flavor, speaks more to non-urban audiences and is accompanied only by guitar, banjo and marimba. There's a bit of magic here that your average InchTourist JoeInch wouldn't get to see. Album Tracks 1. Darling I'm Starving So 2. Kinsey Report 3. Don't Roll Those Bloodshot Eyes at Me 4. Spelling Song 5. The Secret Murder 6. Big Bamboo 7. Woman Smarter Than Man 8. Take Her to Jamaica 9. Miss Emily 10. Adam and Eve 11. Marianne 12. Goodnight Ladies