I will be writing a column on Length & Time in music, in each presenting an album and its strategies that pertain to addressing Length & Time. The…
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Tag: Haitian music
Length & Time: AZ
I will be writing a column on Length & Time in music, in each presenting an album and its strategies that pertain to addressing Length & Time. She’s…
Length & Time: Arly Lariviere
I will be writing a column on Length & Time in music, in each presenting an album and its strategies that pertain to addressing Length & Time. Arly…
Lakou Mizik Releases “Pran Ka Mwen” Music Video
Haitian roots band Lakou Mizik has a new music video featuring the track “Pran Ka Mwen” from the new album “Wa Di Yo.” The video…
Length & Time: Chouk Bwa Libete
I will be writing a column on Length & Time in music, in each presenting an album and its strategies that pertain to addressing Length & Time. Most…
Lovin’ Haiti
Despite the persisting perception that Haiti is a place most readily associated with brutal dictatorships, impoverished masses and natural disasters, it is more so a…
An Afro-Roots Experiment That Worked
Afro-Haitian Experimental Orchestra (Glitterbeat, 2016) Nigerian Afrobeat drummer Tony Allen recorded a set of jams rooted in Afro-rooted rhythms from Africa and Haiti that appear…
Continental Garden: Gilberto Gil, Mini-Jazz
Gilberto Gil’s song on the album Expresso 2222 ‘Qui Nem Jilo’, originally written by Luiz Gonzaga, sounds very similar to a certain Haitian mini jazz…
Haitian Roots Band Lakou Mizik Begins North American Tour
One of the finest Haitian roots music bands, Lakou Mizik, is currently in North America on tour. The band is promoting its new album Wa…
Explosive Fertility of Haiti’s Musical Legacy
Various Artists – Tanbou Toujou Lou: Meringue, Kompa Kreyou, Vodou Jazz & Electric Folklore from Haiti (1960-1981) (Ostinato Records, 2016) Occasionally some crank will go…