Bahamas 1935: Chanteys And Anthems From Andros And Cat Island Review

This is a marvelous field recording by Lomax.Lomax describes the anthem technique, which is used in chanteys as well, as: "The several partsare likely not only to have different tonal levels, rhythmic patterns, anddistinctive melodic patterns, but be proceeding at different speeds". The result is a very sophisticated folk sound.
"Blow, Liza,Blow" is a wonderful interweaving of voices in anthemstyle.
"Histe Up the John B. Sail" is more similar to theversion sung during the American "folk revival" of thesixties.
"All Night, Jesus, All Night" is an interestingcontrast to the southern US spiritual/gospel tradition.
Listen to any ofthe clips available on Amazon - multiply by 6 or so and you get yourenjoyment level for this wonderful album.

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