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
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So Them Bad Minded (Calypso) | Aguinaldo Hooker | 2:12 | |
102
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Congo Malata (Calypso) | Aguinaldo Hooker | 2:01 | |
103
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Sound Bay Gal (Calypso) | Sonny Dilbert and Sandino Ellis | 2:45 | |
104
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Donkey Race (Calypso) | Aguinaldo Hooker | 2:08 | |
105
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Mami Te Digo (Bolero-Mambo) | Sandino Ellis | 3:57 | |
106
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Stickman (Calypso) | Aguinaldo Hooker | 2:14 | |
201
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Stone Cold Dead in the Market (Calypso) | Sandino Ellis | 1:39 | |
202
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Avelina | Sandino Ellis | 2:05 | |
203
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A Colombian Pasillo (Instrumental) | n/a | 2:10 | |
204
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Al Oscuro | Sandino Ellis | 2:40 | |
205
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Old Lady, You're Mashing Me Toe (Calypso) | Iva Dilbert and Sandino Ellis | 2:13 | |
206
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Juancito Lucupi (Guaracha Instrumental) | n/a | 1:28 | |
207
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Bagee (Calypso) | Aubon Baldonado | 2:54 | |
208
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Colombian Pasillo (Instrumental) | n/a | 2:15 |