Various Artists

Caribbean Roots: Black British and Caribbean Poets Read Their Own Work

Release date October 13, 2011

Tracklist

1
Introduction To Five Nights Of Bleeding
0:32
0:32
2
Five Nights of Bleeding
4:10
4:10
3
Introduction To Two Poems
0:21
0:21
4
Want Fi Goh Rave
1:54
1:54
5
It Noh Funny
1:57
1:57
6
Introduction To Two Sides Of Silence
0:14
0:14
7
Two Sides of Silence
2:07
2:07
8
Introduction To Jamaica Lullaby
0:07
0:07
9
Jamaica Lullaby
1:44
1:44
10
Introduction To Sonny's Lettah
0:52
0:52
11
Sonny's lettah
3:08
3:08
12
Inheritance
0:39
0:39
13
Introduction To Nibble, Nibble
0:08
0:08
14
Nibble, Nibble
0:31
0:31
15
Butcher
0:38
0:38
16
Introduction To Grandmotherpoem
0:07
0:07
17
Grandmotherpoem
3:35
3:35
18
A Mugger's Game
1:08
1:08
19
Don't Talk To Me About Bread
2:15
2:15
20
Introduction To The Mother's Tale
0:16
0:16
21
The Mother's Tale
1:24
1:24
22
The Father's Story
1:40
1:40
23
A Good Life Sonnet
1:18
1:18
24
Duppy Street
2:22
2:22
25
Hustler Skank
2:34
2:34
26
Aid Travels With a Bomb
2:17
2:17
27
Lovin Was'n' Easy
2:11
2:11
28
Riddym Ravings (The Mad Woman's Poem)
6:05
6:05
29
Introduction To Coolie Mother
0:09
0:09
30
Coolie Mother
1:09
1:09
31
Miranda
1:01
1:01
32
Catching Crabs
1:46
1:46
33
The New Poetry
1:13
1:13
34
Introduction To Coolie Odyssey
0:23
0:23
35
Coolie Odyssey
7:22
7:22
36
Introduction To Qu'est-ce Qu'elle Dit?
0:22
0:22
37
Qu'est-ce Qu'elle Dit?
1:48
1:48
38
Introduction To J'Ouvert
0:15
0:15
39
J'Ouvert (We Ting)
1:48
1:48
40
Introduction To The Loaded Dice
0:10
0:10
41
The Loaded Dice
2:00
2:00
42
Introduction To Dying In The Street
0:07
0:07
43
Dying In The Street
1:26
1:26
44
Introduction To Granny In De Market Place
0:08
0:08
45
Granny In De Market Place
2:57
2:57
46
Hole In The Wind
1:16
1:16
47
For A Sister
1:11
1:11
48
Introduction To The Unpaved Road
0:13
0:13
49
The Unpaved Road
1:45
1:45
50
Freedom
0:55
0:55
51
Introduction To Spirits Of Movement
0:12
0:12
52
Spirits Of Movement
1:54
1:54
53
It Seems I Test People
0:42
0:42
54
Introduction To Bluefoot Traveller
0:25
0:25
55
Bluefoot Traveller
1:26
1:26
56
Fractured Circles
1:12
1:12
57
Black Immigrant
1:33
1:33
58
Ongoing Encounter
0:44
0:44
59
Introduction To Night Comes Too Soon
0:20
0:20
60
Night Comes Too Soon
1:37
1:37
61
Banana And Mackerel
1:01
1:01
62
Two Black Labourers On A London Building Site
0:32
0:32
63
Introduction To Reclamation
0:20
0:20
64
Reclamation
4:23
4:23
65
Introduction To Bye Now
0:18
0:18
66
Goodbye Now
0:26
0:26
67
Bye Now
0:24
0:24
68
Half-caste
2:16
2:16
69
Palm Tree King
3:08
3:08
70
Introduction To Anancy's Thoughts On Love
0:24
0:24
71
Anancy's Thoughts On Love
1:11
1:11
72
Go Spread Wings
0:56
0:56
73
Introduction To If You Don't Have Horse, Then Ride Cow
0:10
0:10
74
If You Don't Have Horse, Then Ride Cow
0:40
0:40
75
Introduction to Poems From Man To Pan
0:45
0:45
76
Deliver
0:35
0:35
77
Let Each Hammer Blow
0:42
0:42
78
Is The Sinking
0:41
0:41
79
For Hands Honed By Pan Grooves
0:52
0:52
80
Is More Than A Snapshot Mirror
0:37
0:37
81
Beat It Out Man
1:03
1:03
82
Introduction To I Is A Long Memoried Woman
0:39
0:39
83
From Dih Pout Of Mih Mouth
0:18
0:18
84
One Continent/To Another
2:17
2:17
85
Waterpot
0:54
0:54
86
Without Song
0:42
0:42
87
Sugar Cane
1:55
1:55
88
Introduction To I Coming Back
0:11
0:11
89
I Coming Back
0:44
0:44
90
Night Is Her Robe
0:54
0:54
91
This Kingdom
1:28
1:28
92
Holding My Beads
1:00
1:00
93
Dis Poetry
1:56
1:56
94
Miss World
1:41
1:41
95
I Love Me Mudder (Mother)
0:58
0:58
96
War
1:43
1:43
97
Call It What You Like!
3:13
3:13
98
Introducing Michael Smith
0:59
0:59
99
Introduction By Michael Smith
0:34
0:34
100
I An I Alone
4:16
4:16
101
Trainer
3:47
3:47
102
Long Time
1:13
1:13
103
Black And White
0:34
0:34
104
Give Me Little Dub Music
1:30
1:30
105
Yout Out Deh
1:01
1:01
106
Me Feel It, Yuh See
1:25
1:25
107
Me Cyaan Believe It
2:53
2:53

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