Abner Jay - Folk Song Stylist Distributed Titles Canada and the first in

Canada and the first in a series of Somali recordings from Toronto

a collection of 500 court songs not unlike the British Isle's Child Ballads

became the centre of the immensely popular style of music known as qaraami

then this is something of what it would sound like

housed in a tip-on sleeve

Abner Jay - Folk Song Stylist Distributed Titles Canada and the first inLong awaited follow up to the "True Story of Abner Jay" LP. Abner Jay was a man who had a grand sweeping vision of what folk music was. In his lifetime his expression of what folk music could be encompassed some serious stylistic variations. Sometimes he was a one man band traveling troubadour playing an electric banjo, harmonica, & drums who tried to hoodwink audiences into believing that he was 150 years old & the standard bearer for authentic