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Musical Traditions of St. Lucia, West Indies: Dances and Songs from a Caribbean Island

February 27th, 2010

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The rich and varied musical traditions of the Creole-speaking peoples of the Lesser Antilles islands are practically unknown outside the region. This album of the music of St. Lucia is an introduction to a rare and living musical heritage. Intricate and driving rhythms and moving melodies with French, English, and African echoes—all come together in the traditional music of St. Lucia. Recorded between 1975 and 1987. 32 tracks. “Fascinating collection of indigenous musical styles.” –Chicago Tribune

Musical Traditions of St. Lucia, West Indies: Dances and Songs from a Caribbean Island

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Caribbean Voyage: East Indian Music in the West Indies

November 21st, 2009

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In the Fall of ‘97, Jamaica presented a two-day event on a Kingston fairground, featuring many booths and a main performance stage that showcased the variety, scope, and history of the island’s musical and cultural roots. The East Indian tent, featuring bhangra players, singers, and dancers, attracted crowds of fascinated Afro-Jamaicans, most of whom were experiencing their compatriots’ musical traditions for the first time. Yet East Indians are an integral part of virtually all the Caribbean nations, including Jamaica and especially Trinidad and Tobago, where, today, they outnumber Afro-Trinidadians. Between 1838 and 1917, Asian Indians traveled to the Caribbean as indentured servants, and many stayed beyond their terms of service to put down roots, even become prosperous businesspeople and community leaders. That ‘97 Jamaican festival and most of the tracks on this 1962 field recording by ethnomusicologist Alan Lomax attest, though, to the strong intracommunal Indo-Caribbean ties that preserved intact the Indian music forms and rituals of their mother culture despite transplantation from Old to New World. “You see the way many people play the Calypso and feel happy,” an Indo-Trinidadian man explains to Lomax in a lilting “Trini” accent. “The same way we play this song and feel happy.” Yet the revelation of this set is the striking similarities in African and Indian drumming and singing, and, most of all, the African-Indian hybrids that have created new traditions, such as Trinidad’s unique Afro-Indian tass drumming and tan singing. –Elena Oumano

Caribbean Voyage: East Indian Music in the West Indies

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Anne of the Indies

November 21st, 2009

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Music Composed and Conducted by Franz Waxman

Also includes: MAN ON A TIGHTROPE

This is a historic Franz Waxman release. Cut from the same epic cloth of his later score for Prince Valiant, Anne of the Indies shows Franz Waxman in full pirate regalia. His score is a sprawling swashbuckler of a romp that simply explodes with orchestral color and excitement. This is the way pirate movies used to sound … and its BIG!!

After seizing a British ship, the female pirate captain Anne Providence (Jean Peters) spares a Frenchman captured by the British, Pierre LaRochelle (Louis Jourdan), from walking the plank. He agrees to join Providence’s crew and soon she begins to fall for the handsome officer.

They travel to an island where they meet with her piratical mentor Captain Blackbeard (played by Thomas Gomez), who takes an instant dislike to LaRochelle, although he at first holds back as he can see Anne has affection for him. After lavish celebrations and much drinking is done, things take a darker turn…

A truly special release from the 20th Century Fox archives.

ANNE OF THE INDIES

1. Main Title (1:42)
2. Pirate Ship (4:22)
3. Dougle Turns (2:29)
4. Black Beard (2:31)
5. Fencing (1:10)
6. Anne Looks For Pierre (5:26)
7. Pierre Passes Out (2:22)
8. Sheba Queen Beached (2:57)
9. Anne In Yellow Dress (3:04)
10. Im Captain Here (1:52)
11. At Sea (5:01)
12. Pierre And Molly (1:40)
13. Harris Leaves (3:15)
14. There Are Other Captains (1:56)
15. Molly OBrien At Sea (1:13)
16. Now Ill Take Those Guineas (2:43)
17. Algerian Market Place (:59)
18. Distant Ship (3:39)
19. Dougle Follows Pierre (2:51)
20. Night At Sea (2:08)
21. Cay Day and End Title (8:10)
Bonus Track:
22. Anne Of The Indies (Song Demo Vocal: Bob Graham) (3:08)