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Interview with three members of Gulf Province band, Lamaika, PGS, Rabaul

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Tape#1: Side A&B - Lamaika Band of Port Moresby Lamaika band members in Oma Ditavaru, Timmy Saroa and Fred Mai and David Sera are based in Port Moresby and were in Rabaul at the time of interview. The members come from Kerema, Gulf Province and live in Port Moresby and all relatives so they formed the band. They describe how Lamaika started as a stringband in the 1980s and continued into a PNG rock band into the 1990s'. The band focuses on traditional songs "singsing tubuna" and Tok Pisin from Gulf Province and has had cassette recordings of up to 5 albums with Pacific Gold Studios in Port Moresby and Rabaul. The band broke up and the reformed under new name as "Stage Lamaika" The style of band music is reggae and rock and composed about life of people, nature and community living and experiences with inclusion of customary songs blended with modern musical instruments. (Steven Gagau, October 2019) . Language as given: . You can access this item at the PARADISEC website. You will need to sign up or sign in first.
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