.jpg)
| Music of the Anglophone Caribbean | ||||
| Genres | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
|
||||
|
|
||||
| Regional music | ||||
|
||||
Goombay is a form of Bahamian music and a drum used to create it. The drum is a membranophone made with goat skin and played with the hands. The term Goombay has also symbolized an event in the Bahamas, for a summer festival with short parades known as ‘Junkanoo’.
The goombay name has also evolved to become synonymous with local Afro-Caribbean music related to calypso. In The Bahamas, its most famous practitioner in modern times was Alphonso 'Blind Blake' Higgs, who performed at the Nassau International Airport for many years. [1]
The Goombay Dance Band help to popularise the musical style in the West in the early 1980s. Their single, " Seven Tears", reached number one in the UK Singles Chart in March 1982. [2]
Discography
Bahamas Goombay 1951 - 1959 (Frémeaux et Associés FA5302, 2011) [3]
See also
- Coconut Grove Goombay Festival, Florida
- Fantasy Fest, Key West, Florida
- Bahamian cuisine (for dishes and beverages named Goombay)
References and notes
- ^ Kaliss, Jeff. "Junkanoo and Sloop John B.". 2000. In Broughton, Simon and Ellingham, Mark with McConnachie, James and Duane, Orla (Ed.), World Music, Vol. 2: Latin & North America, Caribbean, India, Asia and Pacific, pp 317-324. Rough Guides Ltd, Penguin Books. ISBN 1-85828-636-0
- ^ Roberts, David (2006). British Hit Singles & Albums (19th ed.). London: Guinness World Records Limited. p. 232. ISBN 1-904994-10-5.
- ^ "World music Bahamas 1951-1959 Goombay - avec blind blake, george symonette, charlie adamson - Frémeaux & Associés éditeur, La Librairie Sonore". Fremeaux.com. Retrieved 8 January 2021.
 | This article about a music genre is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |
| Music of the Anglophone Caribbean | ||||
| Genres | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
|
||||
|
|
||||
| Regional music | ||||
|
||||
Goombay is a form of Bahamian music and a drum used to create it. The drum is a membranophone made with goat skin and played with the hands. The term Goombay has also symbolized an event in the Bahamas, for a summer festival with short parades known as ‘Junkanoo’.
The goombay name has also evolved to become synonymous with local Afro-Caribbean music related to calypso. In The Bahamas, its most famous practitioner in modern times was Alphonso 'Blind Blake' Higgs, who performed at the Nassau International Airport for many years. [1]
The Goombay Dance Band help to popularise the musical style in the West in the early 1980s. Their single, " Seven Tears", reached number one in the UK Singles Chart in March 1982. [2]
Discography
Bahamas Goombay 1951 - 1959 (Frémeaux et Associés FA5302, 2011) [3]
See also
- Coconut Grove Goombay Festival, Florida
- Fantasy Fest, Key West, Florida
- Bahamian cuisine (for dishes and beverages named Goombay)
References and notes
- ^ Kaliss, Jeff. "Junkanoo and Sloop John B.". 2000. In Broughton, Simon and Ellingham, Mark with McConnachie, James and Duane, Orla (Ed.), World Music, Vol. 2: Latin & North America, Caribbean, India, Asia and Pacific, pp 317-324. Rough Guides Ltd, Penguin Books. ISBN 1-85828-636-0
- ^ Roberts, David (2006). British Hit Singles & Albums (19th ed.). London: Guinness World Records Limited. p. 232. ISBN 1-904994-10-5.
- ^ "World music Bahamas 1951-1959 Goombay - avec blind blake, george symonette, charlie adamson - Frémeaux & Associés éditeur, La Librairie Sonore". Fremeaux.com. Retrieved 8 January 2021.
|
| This article about a music genre is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |