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Gazman Pier (Couleur)

Originaire d’Haïti, Gasman Pierre, mieux connu par son nom d’artiste, Gazman Couleur, naît un 22 août aux Gonaïves. Passionné de football, il rêve de devenir joueur professionnel, ...

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Georges Alan Cavé is a Haitian Kompa and Zouk singer and the lead of the group Zin. He was born on February 27, 1966 in New York Ci...

Damian "Jr. Gong" Marley

Damian "Jr. Gong" Marley (born July 21, 1978) is a Jamaican reggae artist who has won three Grammy awards.[1] Damian is the youngest son of Bob Marley. Damian wa...

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Salif Keïta (born August 25, 1949) is an internationally recognized afro-pop singer-songwriter from Mali. He is unique not only because of his reputation as the Golden Voice ...

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"Rhythm is the essence of Tabou Combo," says Tabou Combo's co-founder and ex-drummer Herman Nau. The infectious rhythm of Haiti's national dance music, Konpa (con-pah), has propelled ...

Angélique Kpasseloko Hinto Hounsinou Kandjo Manta Zogbin Kidjo,[1][2][3] commonly known as Angélique Kidjo is a Grammy Award–winning Beninoise singer-songwriter and activist, noted for her diverse musical influences an...

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Kassav' (Antillean Creole for a local dish made from cassava root) is a Francophone zouk band formed in Paris in 1979. The core members of the band ...

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Jean Elie Telfort aka Cubano

Birth: October 20, 1950 Birthplace: Port-De-Paix, Haiti Genre: Compas-Direct Years Active: 1968-Present BiographyJean Elie Telfort a.k.a. Cubano is considered by many as the God father of Compas Cubano was born in Port-De-Paix, Hai...

Youssou N'Dour

Youssou N'Dour (French pronunciation: [jusu nˈduʁ]; born 1 October 1959 ) is a Senegalese singer, percussionist and occasional actor. In 2004, Rolling Stone described him as, in Senegal ...

Robert "Shoubou" M. Eugene

Birth: 1947 Birthplace: Port-De-Paix, Haiti Genre: Compas-Direct Years Active: 1968-Present BiographyRobert M. Eugene (Shoubou), born in Port-de-Paix in 1947, is known as one of the great singers in the Haitian history. &nb...

Antoine Rossini Jean-Baptiste (Ti Manno)

Birth: 1953 Birthplace: Gonaives, Haiti Genre: Compas-Direct Years Active: 1973-1985 Biography Antoine Rossini Jean-Baptiste (Ti Manno) born in Gonaives in 1953, is known as singer, guitar player, keyboard player, and percussionist. Ti M...

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Cesária Évora (Portuguese pronunciation: [sɨˈzaɾiɐ ˈɛvuɾɐ]; born 27 August 1941) is a Cape Verdean popular singer. Nicknamed the "barefoot diva" for performing without shoes, Évora is perhaps ...

Cesária Évora

Cesária Évora (Portuguese pronunciation: [sɨˈzaɾiɐ ˈɛvuɾɐ]; born 27 August 1941) is a Cape Verdean popular singer. Nicknamed the "barefoot diva" for performing without shoes, Évora is perhaps the best internationally known practitioner of "morna." Early life 1941-1988: Cesária Évora – Cize to her friends – was born on the 27th August 1941 in Mindelo, Cape Verde. Her bright voice and physical charms were soon noticed, but her hope of a singing career remained unsatisfied. A Cape Verdean women’s group and the singer Bana both took her to Lisbon to cut a few tracks, but the recordings failed to catch the ear of a producer. In 1988, a young Frenchman of...

Kassav'

Kassav' (Antillean Creole for a local dish made from cassava root) is a Francophone zouk band formed in Paris in 1979. The core members of the band are Jocelyne Béroard,

Angélique Kidjo

Angélique Kpasseloko Hinto Hounsinou Kandjo Manta Zogbin Kidjo,[1][2][3] commonly known as Angélique Kidjo is a Grammy Award–winning Beninoise singer-songwriter and activist, noted for her diverse musical influences and creative music

Tabou Combo

"Rhythm is the essence of Tabou Combo," says Tabou Combo's co-founder and ex-drummer Herman Nau. The infectious rhythm of Haiti's national dance music, Konpa (con-pah), has propelled the country's preeminent

Salif Keita

Salif Keïta (born August 25, 1949) is an internationally recognized afro-pop singer-songwriter from Mali. He is unique not only because of his reputation as the Golden Voice of Africa, but

Gazman Pier (Couleur)

Originaire d’Haïti, Gasman Pierre, mieux connu par son nom d’artiste, Gazman Couleur, naît un 22 août aux Gonaïves. Passionné de football, il rêve de devenir joueur professionnel, mais une blessure

Alan Cavé

Georges Alan Cavé is a Haitian Kompa and Zouk singer and the lead of the group Zin. He was born on February 27, 1966 in New York City but spent

Damian "Jr. Gong" Marley

Damian "Jr. Gong" Marley (born July 21, 1978) is a Jamaican reggae artist who has won three Grammy awards.[1] Damian is the youngest son of Bob Marley. Damian was two years

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The Orchestre Septentrional d'Haiti has weathered six decades of island rumble from earthquakes, political tempests, and economic woes, so it's only apt that the "Haitian Fireball" would kick off the July 4thLincoln Center’s Midsummer Night Swing in New York City's ...

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Jean Elie Telfort aka Cubano

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Gazman Pier (Couleur)

Originaire d’Haïti, Gasman Pierre, mieux connu par son nom d’artiste, Gazman Couleur, naît un 22 août aux Gonaïves. Passionné de football, il rêve de devenir joueur professionnel, mais une blessure au genou change le parcours et l’amène au microphone.Gazman caresse le rêve d’être chanteur depuis son plus jeune âge, malgré l’opposition de sa mère. Vers la fin des années 80, sa famille émigre et s’installe définitivement aux États-Unis. Quelques années plus tard, il entame tranquillement une carrière d’artiste solo avec comme bagage un timbre de voix grave, puissante, inhabituelle et mystérieuse. Il performe sur fond de playback, et pour attirer le public, se fait accompagner par une pléiade de danseuses. C’est ainsi qu’il intègre le groupe Yeah Bah et enregistre en 1992, l’unique opus du groupe intitulé, « An nou fe’l a de ». Il s’associe, deux ans plus tard, au groupe Zenglen Plus, et sous son influence et son apport, la formation change de nom et devient D’Zine. Des tubes comme « Apocalypse », « Deal With It », « Haïti », « La vi en exil » et « St-Jacques » serviront de palier vers la voie du succès qui l’attend.Suite à des conflits internes au sein de ...

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Tabou Combo

"Rhythm is the essence of Tabou Combo," says Tabou Combo's co-founder and ex-drummer Herman Nau. The infectious rhythm of Haiti's national dance music, Konpa (con-pah), has propelled the country's preeminent dance band around the world. The 12 members of the band have covered many territories since leaving Haiti and relocating to New York City in 1971. By that time, Tabou had already established itself as Haiti's number one group, and as the "Ambassadors of Konpa." Tabou Combo now has worldwide fans and followers from London to Paris, Holland, Switzerland, Japan, South America, throughout the Caribbean and in North America. It is easy to understand why Tabou Combo's relentless and high-energy style of Compas dance beat knows no language barrier. Singing in English, Spanish, French or their native Creole, Tabou serves a hot mix of grooves and textures with roots from around the world. You will hear a strong dose of the Dominican Republic's national dance music, meringue. In addition, there is Haiti's dance-till-you-drop carnival music, rara, the hypnotic drums of Haitian voodoo rituals. Add to that quadrilles and contra-dances from Haiti's French colonizers and funk from the American soul era to James Brown for good measure. The mixture of all these ...

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Angélique Kidjo

Angélique Kpasseloko Hinto Hounsinou Kandjo Manta Zogbin Kidjo,[1][2][3] commonly known as Angélique Kidjo is a Grammy Award–winning Beninoise singer-songwriter and activist, noted for her diverse musical influences and creative music videos. Time Magazine has called her "Africa's premier diva".[4] The BBC has included Angelique in its list of the continent's 50 most iconic figures[5]. The Guardian has listed her as one of their Top 100 Most Inspiring Women in the World[6] and Angelique is the first woman listed in Forbes Magazine's "The 40 Most Powerful Celebrities In Africa"[7] Her musical influences include the Afropop, Caribbean zouk, Congolese rumba, jazz, gospel, and Latin styles; as well as her childhood idols Bella Bellow, James Brown, Aretha Franklin, Jimi Hendrix, Miriam Makeba and Carlos Santana. She has recorded George Gershwin's "Summertime", Jimi Hendrix's "Voodoo Child" and The Rolling Stones' "Gimme Shelter", and has collaborated with Dave Matthews and the Dave Matthews Band, Kelly Price, Alicia Keys, Branford Marsalis, Robbie Nevil, Peter Gabriel, Bono, Carlos Santana, John Legend, Herbie Hancock and Cassandra Wilson. Kidjo's hits include the songs "Agolo", "We We", "Adouma", "Wombo Lombo", "Afirika", "Batonga", and her version of "Malaika". Kidjo is fluent in Fon, French, Yorùbá, and English and sings in all four languages; sh...

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Kassav'

Kassav' (Antillean Creole for a local dish made from cassava root) is a Francophone zouk band formed in Paris in 1979. The core members of the band are Jocelyne Béroard, Jacob Desvarieux, Jean-Philippe Marthély, Patrick St. Eloi, Jean-Claude Naimro, Claude Vamur and Georges Décimus (who left to form Volte Face and returned). Kassav' have issued over 20 albums, with a further 12 solo albums by band members. HISTORY Kassav' was formed in 1979 by Pierre-Edouard Décimus (a long-time professional musician who had worked with Freddy Marshall) and Paris studio musician Jacob F. Desvarieux. Together and under the influence of well-known Guadeloupean combo Experience 7, they decided to make Guadeloupean carnival music and record it in a more fully orchestrated yet modern and polished style. In the 1980s they took Caribbean music to another level by recording in the new digital ...

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