Haiti Rough Guide To The Musi

• Artist : Various
• Binding : Audio CD
• EAN : 0605633106725
• Format : Compilation
• Label : World M.N.
• Manufacturer : World M.N.
• Number Of Discs : 1
• Package Dimensions : 0.54 inches (Height) x 5.55 inches (Length) x 0.18 pounds (Weight) x 4.97 inches (Width)
• Product Group : Music
• Publisher : World M.N.
• Release Date : 2009-02-24
• SKU : CDD-00421494-B
• Studio : World M.N.
• UPC : 605633106725

You couldn't wish for a better musical guide to strife-torn tropical places than Andy Kershaw, and his new compilation The Rough Guide to the Music of Haiti hits the bull's eye. Indeed, one of the nicest tracks comes not from some other album, but from the recording he made with his BBC producer Roger Short--a sweetly down-home number recorded at the house of pint-sized twoubadou singer Ti Coca. There may be no authentic voodoo music on this disc--for that you must get hold of Angels in the Mirror--and the late great Haitian diva Toto Bissainthe is sadly absent, but what you do get here is marvellous. Compas is the name of Haiti's most characteristic sound, here represented by a variety of different combos including the shadowy DP Express. Here also is the convivial warmth of Coupe Cloue, the high-pressure rap of Masters of Haiti, and the Cuban-influenced Haitiando and Orchestre Tropicana. Most interesting are the plunges into the past with Nemours Jean-Baptiste and Lebanese bandleader Issa El Saieh. The whole point about this politically blighted but musically blessed island is that its music comes at you from many angles--not only from Cuba but also from the Congo, Dominica, Brooklyn and punk UK--and that it all gets whipped up into the most exhilarating brew. --Michael Church

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Tracks:

• Disc 1

  • 1: Gacon Bozo - Coupe Coupe
  • 2: Ti Chans (Pou Ayiti) - Masters Of Haiti
  • 3: Ayiti Cherie - Ti Coca & Wanga Negess
  • 4: Ti Yannick - Les Fantaisistes De Carrefour
  • 5: Haiti, Perle Des Antilles - Orchestre Tropicana
  • 6: Grog Mwen - Haitiando
  • 7: Tioul #3 - Mini All Stars
  • 8: Marassa Elu - Ram
  • 9: Blakawout - Mizik Mizik
  • 10: Baron - Boukman Eksperyans
  • 11: Manman Tyoul La Sou - Nemours Jean-Baptiste
  • 12: Appran La Vie - Super Jazz Des Jeunes
  • 13: Barie - DP Express
  • 14: Chale Lanmou - Tabou Combo
  • 15: Haiti - Issa El Saieh Et Son Orchestre

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