Exuma Discography of CDs

Exuma albums Artist's debut album was a real odd piece of work, even by the standards of the late '60s and early '70s, when major labels went further out on a limb to throw weird stuff at the public to see what would stick than they ever had before or have since. Roughly speaking, it's kind of like a combination...

Exuma music CDs Artist's second album is perhaps a little less strange and a little more sedate than his debut (also released in 1970) -- but only a little. It's another combination of folk music from the Bahamas with voodoo-esque ritual not far removed from some of the more extreme New Orleans music influenced by that practice. In places (like "Fire...

Exuma discography Artist's debut album was a real odd piece of work, even by the standards of the late '60s and early '70s, when major labels went further out on a limb to throw weird stuff at the public to see what would stick than they ever had before or have since. Roughly speaking, it's kind of like a combination...

Exuma songs Artist's second album is perhaps a little less strange and a little more sedate than his debut (also released in 1970) -- but only a little. It's another combination of folk music from the Bahamas with voodoo-esque ritual not far removed from some of the more extreme New Orleans music influenced by that practice. In places...

Exuma CD discography Track Listing of songs: Obeah, Obeah; Snake; Don't Let Go; Attica Part 1; Thirteenth Sunday; Subway Bound For Hell; Happiness And Sunshine; Summertime In New York; Andros Is Atlantis Rising; Artist's Reincarnation;

Exuma albums Track Listing of songs: Brown Girl; Monk Berry Moon Delight; Metastophaliese; Obeah Man Come Back; Baby Let Me In; Pay Me What You Owe Me; Empty Barrels; Walking Home; Rushing through the Crowd; Ballad for Sammy; Artist's Reincarnation;

Exuma music CDs Track Listing of songs: If It Feels Good, Do It; Paint It Black; Oh! Lovey; The Jumping Dance; Iko Iko; You Can't Always Get What You Want; Night Time People; Hayride; Love is Strange; Sodom And Gamorrah; Kenyatta Alisha; Viva El Matador;

Exuma discography Track Listing of songs: Introduction; Do Wah Nanny; Silver City; Eyebrows And Beards; She Looks So Fine; The Bowery; Roweena; 22nd Century; Do Wah Nanny; Do Wah Nanny; Ending;

Exuma CD discography Artist's third album, and first for the Kama Sutra label, moves away a bit from the voodoo imagery of his two Mercury albums, instead going for a good-timey sound similar to the New Orleans gumbo of Dr. John. The Bahamian singer/guitarist adds a horn section to some tunes, most notably the two-part title track, a rollicking, hypnotic groove. The expanded instrumentation supports Artist's growly voice and primal acoustic guitar instead of supplanting it, as it would on later, more commercially inclined albums. Call and response vocals, snaky percussion, and an increased element of social commentary color songs like "Silver City" and "The Bowery." Artist and his mostly percussive band wend their way through the eight mostly lengthy ("22nd Century" runs nine droning minutes) tracks with the mixture of smoldering passion and infectious joy that's at the heart of Bahamian music. ~ Stewart Mason Personnel: Artist (vocals, acoustic guitar, percussion); Daddy Ya Ya (vocals, drums); John Gatchell (trumpet). Recording information: 1971.