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Music of the Bahamas, Vol. 2

Various Artists
Album cover for the release Music of the Bahamas, Vol. 2.

When reading Samuel Charters’ saga of his search for Frederick McQueen, one gets the sense that he is chasing a ghost on the Bahamas’ largest island of Andros - coincidentally known for its mysticism and unearthly objects. What Charters discovers, however, is one of the country’s greatest ballad singers and in the process recorded several examples of the dying art of Bahamian three-part contrapuntal singing, as on “Pytoria (Run, Come See Jerusalem)” or “A Great Day is Coming”.

Track Listing

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101
John Roberts, H. Brown, and Charles Wallace
01:37
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102
John Roberts, H. Brown, and Charles Wallace
01:57
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103
John Roberts, H. Brown, and Charles Wallace
03:43
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104
Alfred Nemo and parishioners of St. Stephen's Anglican Church, Andros
03:02
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105
Singers at a wake, Fresh Creek, Andros
03:19
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106
Frederick McQueen, Joseph Green, and men from Lisbon Creek, Andros
02:29
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107
Frederick McQueen, Joseph Green, and men from Lisbon Creek, Andros
04:08
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201
Frederick McQueen and people from Lisbon Creek, Andros
01:56
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202
John Roberts
02:26
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203
John Roberts, H. Brown, and Charles Wallace
04:52
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204
Frederick McQueen
03:14
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205
Frederick McQueen
05:21