Various Artists - Vodun-Rada Rite Erzulie / Various - COMPACT DISCS [CD]

Prolific singer-songwriter B.J. Thomas released this tender album in 1994, full of the sultry, light ballads and love songs you know and love him for already. Album Tracks 1. Turn Your Radio on 2. Amazing Grace 3. Uncloudy Day 4. Old Rugged Cross 5. Home Where I Belong 6. Swing Low Sweet Chariot 7. How Great Thou Art 8. Precious Memories 9. His Eye Is on the Sparrow 10. Just a Closer Walk with Thee

The Senufo are an ethnic subgroup spread across Mali and Côte d'Ivoire that were studied intensely by French ethnomusicologist Michel de Lannoy, a specialist in West African music. Among the Senufo is a further subgroup of about 20,000 people called the Fodonon, who populate around fifteen villages in northern Côte d'Ivoire. Even in villages where they are the minority, Fodonon are regarded as masters of the land and rain. The Fodonon have fought to preserve their social and religious institutions, including the music of funeral ceremonies. These musical rituals can last several days, as the people share the burden and sorrow of death as a whole community. The most prominent instrument is the bologbogo, literally meaning Inchbig gourdInch and equipped with a single plucked string made of antelope hide. The genre of music and the orchestras that use it are Bolonyen, Inchthe gourd people.Inch the liner notes provide detailed context for the music, the funerals, and each song. Album Tracks 1. Ye Fa Ra Nyu / Toni / la Tre 2. Bolozyere 3. The Solofolo 4. LI Weri 5. LI Fugo Nyige / Dongo 6. Bolozyere 7. LI Weri

The hymns on this 1980 Folkways were recorded during services in Spiritual Baptist churches in northwestern Trinidad between 1976 and 1979. Worship alternates between InchcoolInch periods of quiet contemplation and InchhotInch periods that call forth manifestations of the Holy Ghost (for example, Inchspeaking in tonguesInch). The record contains a variety of hymns that are performed during services, from fast-paced songs to an innovative Inchshout.Inch Liner notes describe in detail this international religious movement's distinctive baptism and mourning rites. Album Tracks 1. Marching the Children Home/ Glory Halleluja 2. Now Let Every Heart Prepare 3. Glossolalia - When I Saw My Savior There 4. Jesus on the Cross Alone 5. By the Cross - By the Cross Where I First Saw the Light 6. I Heard the Voice of Jesus Say 7. A Shout