Traditional Jamaican market song repeatedly recorded in mento and folk contexts.

Mento vocalist who was lead singer of Chin's Calypso Sextet out of Chin's Radio Service on Church Street, Kingston; his "Night Food" (written by Everald Williams) was among the fastest-selling Jamaican records of the early 1950s.

Banjo and guitar-family instruments carried melodic/rhythmic roles in mento ensembles alongside rumba box and hand percussion.

Early Jamaican mento group heard on 1950s commercial recordings.

Mento/calypso performer known for topical Jamaican songs and recordings including "Talking Parrot".

Small flute/fife traditions appear in Jamaican folk and procession music, including some quadrille contexts.

Editorial boundary for using archival album pages to identify repertory, performers and contexts without reproducing lyrics, liner notes or recordings beyond short source references.

Pioneering Jamaican dancer and choreographer whose Ivy Baxter Creative Dance Group, from around 1950, was the first to build concert work on Jamaican folk movement, laying the ground for the NDTC generation.

The red-and-white (with blue) plaid cotton cloth, originally madras fabric from India distributed across the British Empire, that became Jamaica's national costume fabric; Louise Bennett-Coverley (Miss Lou) elevated it from everyday and market wear to national symbol by wearing it for performances and public appearances, and it is worn today for Emancipation, Independence and folk-culture events.

Smithsonian Folkways' Louise Bennett album documents Jamaican folk songs, work songs, dancing songs and banana-loading songs, making it a key external reference for folk and mento research without quoting lyrics.