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:: Title ::
Talk/ambience
:: Genre ::
talk/ambience
:: Performers & Instruments ::
Unidentified [vocal]
:: Group Name ::
Bélè group
:: Setting ::
Unspecified
:: Location ::
Le Pérou, Sainte-Marie (None), La Trinité (Martinique)
:: Language ::
Martiniquan Creole French
:: Culture ::
French Antillian, Martinique, Afro-Caribbean
:: Session ::
Sainte-Marie II 6/62
:: Date ::
6/20/1962
:: Reference Information ::
T1122.0, Track 12 (00:00:23)
:: Original Format ::
Reel to Reel
:: Session Notes ::
1 - This session features songs and stories (kont) that typically accompany a wake. Genres include beguine, bélè (also bèlè), and work songs, as well as numerous interviews. Many of the recordings in this session can be found on Caribbean Voyage: The French Antilles (Rounder 1733) and Caribbean Voyage: Martinique (Rounder 1730). [Source: Editor]
