Folk Guitar, Bahaman Ballads and Rhyming Spirituals

Folk Guitar, Bahaman Ballads and Rhyming Spirituals

produced by Samuel Barclay Charters, 1929-2015 (Folkways Records, 1964), 37 mins

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Field of Interest
World Music
Description

This collection of three virtuosos from the island of Andros is a compilation of several recordings not previously released on Samuel Charters’ series of Bahamian music (see SFW40066, FW03845, and FW03846). Opening with the country’s premiere folk guitarist, Joseph Spence, whose distinctive playing style is only matched by his own half-singing/half-grunting through his pipe, this collection includes the music of John Roberts and Frederick McQueen who demonstrate the islands’ fading art of three-part anthem singing.

Content Type
Music recording
Duration
37 mins
Format
Audio
Sub Genre
Negro Spiritual, Ballad, Folk Music
Label
Folkways Records
Producer
Samuel Barclay Charters, 1929-2015
Release Date
1964
Subject
World Music, Music & Performing Arts, South America, Mexico, Central America, and the Caribbean, América del Sud, México, Centroamérica y el Caribe, América do Sul, México, América Central e Caribe, Bahamas
Keywords and Translated Subjects
América del Sud, México, Centroamérica y el Caribe, América do Sul, México, América Central e Caribe

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