Re: [ARSCLIST] Calypso: Akee Market

[Jacqueline von Arb <jacqueline.vonarb@xxxxxx>]

Hi Thomas,

I sent your request to the IASA "Caribbean Network", and thanks to
Elizabeth Watson from the West Indies University Library in Barbados,
here's what came up:

Your song is called Linstead Market, and it's traditional.
On the following link, you can find a CD with the song (you can also buy
the track on iTunes), the lyrics... even the chords:
http://www.danzanes.com/familydance/song_market.shtml

For more information, do contact her directly: ewatson@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

Cheers, Jacqueline von Arb
Norwegian Institute of Recorded Sound


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From: Thomas Stern <sternth@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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Date: 11/09/2006 05:40PM
Subject: [ARSCLIST] Calypso: Akee Market

need information about a song from the West Indies:
is it a known song/floating verse ? - is there a common title,
composer/traditional, recordings and printed sources???
subject matter from a recorded fragment is:
  Akee fruit is brought to market but does not sell, therefore unable
to purchase oil for the lamp, nor food.
Thanks muchly!!!Best wishes, Thomas.