Palm wine: Popular Music of Sierra Leone
The palm wine music in Sierra Leone is known as maringa , and it was first promoted by Ebenezer Calendar & His Maringar Ensemble , who...
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palm wine music in Sierra Leone is known as maringa,
and it was first promoted by Ebenezer Calendar
& His Maringar Ensemble, who used patterns of Caribbean patterns,
particularly the Trinidad calypso. Calendar played the guitar, mandolin, the
cornet and trumpet, while also penning some of the very oft-played songs in
Sierra Leonean music in the 50s and 60s. His very renowned song was
Double-Decker Bus, and it was commission by Decca to popularize the launching
of a double-decker bus line. He finally moved in the direction of social and
spiritual aware lyrics.
source of picture: www.worldmusic.net
