Artist Info: Voodoo Drums

Field recordings of Haitian voodoo ceremonies released by Atlantic in 1958. The album is actually called "Voodoo Drums in Hi-Fi"

Here's an excerpt of the liner notes on the album:

"Haiti may be a dark enigma to most of its visitors, but if one learns the language of the drums, the life and mind of its people open to you like a flower. The drums are never silent; day and night they sound from some vague distant place, muffled but distinctly articulated like a heart-beat. [read more...]