Caribbean Voyage: Dominica - Creole Crossroads (1999)

About this title: The history of the recording industry can be described superficially as the development of mediums with longer and longer playing time. Whether this benefits the pop industry with its three-minute song obsession is questionable, but there's no denying the impact on documentation of world music. Projects such as the Caribbean field recordings of Alan Lomax in the early '60s were simply too expansive to even consider releasing on vinyl in an era when box sets were the exclusive turf of Beethoven and his crew. The CD market has been a veritable welcome mat for new international recordings, to ... read more

Tracks:

1. Edwad O!
2. Walker, Walker, Mwen Pedi Lajan Mwen
3. Di Yo Pa Hele Pou Nou
4. Dekouwe Bwa-La
5. Monkey Drunk, Stand Below
6. Jou-La Maman-Mwen Ke Mo
7. If You See Maria
8. Bo Mwen Che
9. A La Mort Pécheur
10. Quadrille Set 1
11. Quadrille Set 3
12. Naje Kanot-La
13. Lamo Pa Dou
14. Say Say Ti-Poulet-Ou Van
15. Night, Night, Night
16. Dis Solda La
17. Maman-Mwen Ba Mwen Yon Abitid
18. Kwan Mwen Soti Savann Yaya
19. Lancers, Pt. 1
20. Lancers, Pt. 2
21. Lancers, Pt. 5
22. Lancers, Pt. 6
23. Send All Indians Back to India
24. Home, Sweet Home
25. Eliza Kongo
26. Annou Hele Houre

Note: This is a general synopsis. Each listing is further described below.