Louise Bennett - Day Dah Light


Louise Bennett
Song Name: Day Dah Light
By: Louise Bennett
Country: Jamaica
Song Local Name: Not available
Album: Jamaican Folk Songs
Link to buy: Folkways Records
Genre: folk music of Jamaica , Jamaican folk music , Jamaican traditional music
Date Added: 03 Nov 2016
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Day Dah Light by Louise Bennett is part of folk music tradition in/by Jamaica. Folk Music of Jamaica is traditionally brother to some other region(s) in the world. If you want to listen to song(s) in the same genre or with the same root with Day Dah Light (or folk music of Jamaica), other than checking Jamaica you can also check music of Central America. From the top menu, first choose the desired region and then find the link from the map or country list.

Louise Simone Bennett-Coverley or Miss Lou (1919–2006), was a Jamaican poet, folklorist, writer, and educator. Writing and performing her poems in Jamaican Patois or Creole, she worked to preserve the practice of presenting poetry, folk songs and stories in patois (nation language).

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