Caribbean Rhythms

"San Andrés is a small, English-speaking island community of approximately five thousand inhabitants off the coast of Nicaragua. Previously unrecorded, the music is the product of an interesting cultural history, including English, North American and Latin American influences. Originally settled by Jamaican planters and their slaves, it was ceded to Colombia in the 1790s and, in spite of the cultural domination by this Spanish-speaking nation, it has been able to maintain the larger body of its earlier traditions..."

Thomas J. Price Jr

"San Andrés es una pequeña isla, con una comunidad angloparlante de aproximadamente cinco mil habitantes, que está ubicada frente a la costa de Nicaragua. Su música, nunca grabada hasta ahora, es el producto de una interesante historia cultural que incluye influencias inglesas, norteamericanas y latinoamericanas. Originalmente poblada por plantadores jamaiquinos y sus esclavos, la isla fue cedida a Colombia hacia 1790 y, a pesar de la dominación cultural de este país hispanohablante, ha podido mantener una nada despreciable cantidad de sus antiguas tradiciones..."

Thomas J. Price Jr.

Track Listing

101	So Them Bad Minded	Aguinaldo Hooker	02:12
102	Congo Malata	Aguinaldo Hooker	02:01
103	Sound Bay Gal	Sonny Dilbert and Sandino Ellis	02:45
104	Donkey Race	Aguinaldo Hooker	02:08
105	Mami Te Digo	Sandino Ellis	03:57
106	Stickman	Aguinaldo Hooker	02:14
201	Stone Cold Dead in the Market	Sandino Ellis	01:39
202	Avelina	Sandino Ellis	02:05
203	A Colombian Pasillo	San Andrés musicians	02:10
204	Al Oscuro	Sandino Ellis	02:40
205	Old Lady, You're Mashing Me Toe	Iva Dilbert and Sandino Ellis	02:13
206	Juancito Lucupi	San Andrés musicians	01:28
207	Bagee	Aubon Baldonado	02:54
208	Colombian Pasillo	San Andrés musicians	02:15