"A Bahamian visionary, humanistic philosopher and people's poet. Exuma gives expression to the beauty and power of the cultural life of the Bahamas - the people's every day experiences, folklore, myths, stories, junkanoo, rake and scrape, pain, joy, struggle and survival. His life and art reflect the wonderful cultural heritage and personality of Bahamians, drawing on the roots of Africa and the branches of the Amerindians, Europeans and Americans." -Alfred M. Sears
Exuma is the name of the musical force manifest in Tony Mackey (or Macfarlane Gregory Anthony Mackey, by birth), a Bahamian from Cat Island who possessed a rare and wild gift for unique and ecstatic musical expression. Resembling, at times, a spectral and divine demonic Siamese twinning of Nina Simone and Dave Van Ronk, summoned to create a Bahamian rejoinder to Dr. John's Gris Gris, this album and this artist are truly essential listening. With enough crazy clatter and free-folkiness to satisfy the No Neck set of more "current times", sufficiently feral jams for the pot smokers and psych junkies, and more than enough folk, soul, blues and culture to grease the ears of music hunters, lost-sound seekers, folkies, calypsomaniacs, slave song lovers, and traditional attic spiders, this is, again, Essential Stuff.
This is a record about freedom, but also about zombies. An Obeah Record, a transcendent folk exorcism from another dimension within nicking distance of the equator. A Human piece of Human music for magnificent Peoples in all states of Pain and Passion.
EXUMA 1970
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You have excellent taste and an enthusiastic style. Long live love.
I noted that you hadn't seen Casanova, probably have now since you got that torrent, but check this site, it's a good set of links to lots of arthouse movies.
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All of Fellini is there. Plus th usual suspects.
Happy hunting.
Whoa, thanks for this! What a flash of light!
Thanks Garry. You are a Good Man, who Knows How To Share. You are not only a scholar but a teacher, an honest fellow with generosity in his heart.
Hello! I have tried several times to download this promising sound capsule, but with no success. Is it possible the link no longer works? Am I missing something?, besides this album on my speakers,? Thanks!
The link still works for me, friend. What problem are you experiencing, specifically? Perhaps mediafire was temporarily gummed up, and it will work for you today. Let me know, I want to get this shit pouring through your speakers.
Mmmm... It came though my speakers, around my ears and into my head, but unfortunately I must respectfully say that: I dont care for it!! Don't get me wrong, you have shown me lots of great musics here, this one, i dont know exactly. His melodic sensibilities are a little too folk, classic rock for me. It doesnt help that it reminds me of so many current, lacking bands who favor style over substance. I love the production, love the playfulness, rawness, structures, but... Oh well! Till next we commenticate!
Whoah Whoa, where was my head at? its been a while since it took an album to more slowly hit me, i shoulda known better than to jump to conclusions. its growing, my love for this album. Humbled.
Ah ha ha, awesome. Awesome!
This album is fucking phenomenal. I see that "Exuma" has several more albums out. Are they worth checking out as well? I can't imagine they wouldn't be, but just checking.
Yeah, they're pretty good.
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