Mind Your Own Business

Genres / Genres

dance tune, merengue

Performers / Performers

Roberts, Relief

George, Cyril

Paul, Veronique

Henry, Antonia

Louis, Samuel

Williams, Delice

Roberts, Rosanise

Benjamin, James

Dudley, Margaret

Jolly, Heney

Chevalier, Ewen

Nom du groupe / Group name

Bélè group

Disposition / Setting

Unspecified

Lieu / Location

Mahaut

Langage / Language

Créole Français de Dominique

Session / Session

Mahaut I 6/62

Date / Date

23/06/1962

Information de référence / Reference information

T1123.0, Track 05 (00:03:41)

Sessions notes / Sessions notes

This session features group and solo singing. Genres include bélè (bélé) and merengue as well as lullabies. Two of the recordings in this session can be found on Caribbean Voyage: Dominica (Rounder 1724).

Note d'enregistrement / Recording notes

Lively singing with drum accompaniment. Alternating solo and call-and-response singing between the lead singer and the chorus. Handclapping throughout.

Collection / Collection

Caribbean 1962

General information / Information générale

Ce document provient de la collecte réalisée par Alan Lomax dans les Petites Antilles en 1962. Propriété de l'Association for Cultural Equity. Pour toute autre utilisation, contactez l'Association for Cultural Equity (www.culturalequity.org)

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