Israel-o

Genres / Genres

drinking song

Performers / Performers

Ferguston, Alpha

Unidentified

Disposition / Setting

Unspecified

Lieu / Location

Anse La Raye

Langage / Language

Créole Français de Sainte-Lucie

Session / Session

Anse La Raye II 7/62

Date / Date

25/07/1962

Information de référence / Reference information

T1184.0, Track 01 (00:06:12)

Sessions notes / Sessions notes

This session features different groups of singers performing drinking songs (chanté abwè), game songs, and work songs. Some of the game songs can be heard on Caribbean Voyage: Brown Girl in the Ring (Rounder CD 1716).

Note d'enregistrement / Recording notes

This performance alternates between spoken sections (which involve a series of calls and responses between the speaker and audience), ballad singing (featuring alternating solo and chorus sections) and an upbeat rhythmic performance style (featuring call-and-response singing and hand clapping. Alan Lomax identified this performance as a chanté abwè or drinking song(s) [field log].

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)