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Oral history interview with Cheryl Byron.
- Title
- Oral history interview with Cheryl Byron.
- Author
- Byron, Cheryl, 1947-2003
- Publication
- New York : Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, 1985.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schomburg Center to submit a request in person. | Moving image | Use in library | Sc DVD-2106 | Schomburg Center - Moving Image & Recorded Sound |
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- Additional Authors
- Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture.
- Description
- 1 videodisc (57 min.) : sound, color; 4 3/4 in.
- Summary
- Cheryl Byron talks about her upbringing and her performance career. Her early childhood in Trinidad; influence of parents and uncles on performance aspirations; reasons for leaving Trinidad for New York; transition from fine artist to performance artist; experience performing in Lord Shorty's calypso tent in Trinidad, 1976; Trinidadian calypsonians; use of electronic music; lyrical content differences between reggae and calypso music; subjects she writes about; mentors in her life; Pearl Primus; television work; present school work; pieces performed at Hunter College described entitled March On, Blame, Jamaican Journey, Traveling; lack of recordings of her work; message to youth.
- Subjects
- Caribbean Area > Songs and music
- Reggae music
- Oral histories
- Primus, Pearl > Influence
- Popular music > Caribbean Area
- Trinidad and Tobago > Songs and music
- Popular music > Trinidad and Tobago
- Carnival > Trinidad and Tobago
- Interviews
- Byron, Cheryl, 1947-2003 > Interviews
- Calypso (Music) > Trinidad and Tobago
- Trinidad and Tobago > Popular culture
- Genre/Form
- Interviews.
- Oral histories.
- Note
- Interview conducted at the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture on May 23, 1985.
- Biography (note)
- Cheryl Byron is a lyricist, storyteller, performance artist and poet.
- Call Number
- Sc DVD-2106
- OCLC
- 1141769890
- Author
- Byron, Cheryl, 1947-2003, interviewee.
- Title
- Oral history interview with Cheryl Byron.
- Publisher
- New York : Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, 1985.
- Type of Content
- two-dimensional moving image
- Type of Medium
- video
- Type of Carrier
- videodisc
- Digital File Characteristics
- video file DVD
- Biography
- Cheryl Byron is a lyricist, storyteller, performance artist and poet.
- Connect to:
- Added Author
- Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture.
- Research Call Number
- Sc DVD-2106Sc Visual VRB-353 U-matic