#goombay

EPIC ALBUM COVER #215

Exuma - self-titled

Released: 1970 (Mercury)

V/A ‎– Goombay - Music from the Bahamas 1951-59

Reverence & Respect: Matriarchal Lessons in Bahamian Culture

I don’t think I invented the framework for reverence or being reverent, I am clumsy in my gratitude and loud in my adoration. I lack too much couth to think that I, of all people, could ever be the person to give a tutorial on the topic. There is, however, a level of grace that I believe legends do and should hold. There is also a level of respect that I know current cultural workers lack.  With…

WORD OF THE DAY Sun, Aug 8, 2021 OED Word of the Day: goombay, n. A goatskin or sheepskin drum with a round or square top that is played with the hands.

"Featuring goombay drums, cowbells, whistles, conchshells, bicycle horns, costumed dancers and musicians, Junkanoo is one of the most intense and spiritual world carnivals." - 2000, Black Masks 31 Mar. 9

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