The revolutionary music of Boukman Eksperyans is a unique blend of roots, Vodou jazz, Zairian soukous and reggae, built on a foundation of traditional African…
Artist Profiles: Boukman Eksperyans
Tag: vodou
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…
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…
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…
Carole Demesmin
She’s now occasionally an old lady singer and a powerful Vodou priestess, or a manbo. She now mostly sits and only sometimes comments instead of…
Hip-Shaking Haitian Roots Music
Lakou Mizik – Wa Di Yo (Cumbancha Discovery, 2016) Wa Di Yo is the debut album from a fabulous multi-generational Haitian band called Lakou Mizik.…