Heavy, heavy, heavy drum rhythms recorded in Haiti. Voodoo plus some Rara. This is like Soul Jazz Records' own "Voodoo Drums", only recorded in 1950! Produced by ethnographer Harold Courlander. Very Recommended!
Charles "Cha Cha" Shaw released his first solo album on Folkways in 1976 after having performed and recorded trumpet for pop and jazz icons like Curtis...
Super-tough funky, funky, funky female proto-rap poetry from Sarah Webster Fabio. Killer!
Armed with an incredible rhythm section this album is a classic...
Street percussion, drumming, songs and chants recorded in New York in 1959 by a group of street kids. Kind of like a prototype Haryou Percussion Group...
Great compilation featuring some of our favourite leftfield artists including Liquid Liquid, Steve Reich, John Carpenter, Moondog, Conrad Schnitizler,...
Excellent recordings of Haitian voodoo music in all its many forms and variations. Comes with superb booklet.
Cuts from live Vodou ceremonies are juxtaposed...
The French-speaking, black Creoles from the prairies of lower Louisiana produce a wide variety of music, from Cajun two-steps to the blues. This album...
Excellent early recordings of Yoruba, Lucumi and more religious afro-cuban cult music with songs for Shango, Legba etc. Recommended.
These recordings...
Six man drum orchestra. This recording of hand drumming from Port of Spain demonstrates African-derived rhythms performed in Trinidad and the broader Caribbean...
Composed by Malcolm Goldstein, and originally released in 1983, the music consists of a magnetic tape collage of sounds recorded in Vermont during each...