sounds of Cuba Live, Santiago de Cuba, 6/21/10
Archive for the ‘Caribbean’ category
Wednesday, 5/23/12
05/23/2012Monday, 5/21/12
05/21/2012sounds of Haiti Rara music, live, Leogane
Saturday, 11/5/11
11/05/2011sounds of Haiti Rara festival, Kabic (Haiti), Easter, 2005 ********** lagniappe Rara music is a Lenten processional music with strong ties to the Vodou religious tradition. It has been commonly confused with Haitian Carnival since both celebrations involve large groups of dancing revelers in the streets. Rara is performed between Ash Wednesday (the day after Carnival ends) until Easter Sunday (or Easter Monday in [...]
Thursday, 5/19/11
05/19/2011scenes from New Orleans (an occasional series) DJA-Rara, live, New Orleans (Jazz Fest), 5/1/11 *** ********** lagniappe “It’s a fascinating time for Haitian music,” said Ned Sublette, author of “The World that Made New Orleans.” “Haitians voted for the music ticket [electing kompa singer Michel Martelly president]. You cannot deny the importance of communication through [...]
Wednesday, 5/18/11
05/17/2011passings (an occasional series) Lloyd Knibb, drummer (Skatalites, et al.) March 8, 1931-May 12, 2011 Lloyd Knibb’s importance to Jamaican music can’t be overstated. The inventor of the ska beat at Coxson Dodd’s Studio One, Knibb created a sound that spread like wildfire the world over. —Carter Van Pelt, host, Eastern Standard Time, WKCR-FM Skatalites, [...]
Wednesday, 5/11/11
05/11/2011scenes from New Orleans an occasional series Some music you listen to. Some you inhabit. Rara Haiti, live, New Orleans (Jazz Fest), 5/11
Wednesday, 1/19/11
01/19/2011Feeling lousy? This’ll make you feel good. Feeling good? This’ll make you feel better. It ain’t subtle. And sometimes their energy outdistances their musicianship. But when they’re on their game, it jumps. Bahamas Shed Session with drummers Mannix Evans, Ken McKenzie, Samuel Murphy & Christian Pratt; live; Bahamas (Mt. Zion Baptist Church, Nassau) Part 1 [...]
Saturday, 10/9/10
10/09/2010If you ain’t losing, you’re winning. That’s something I’ve always believed, as a criminal defense lawyer, and it’s something that may be going through the mind of this guy, whose federal trial in Tampa, on drug charges, recently ended in a hung jury and mistrial. He’d been charged with trying to buy five kilos of [...]
Friday, 9/24/10
09/24/2010Career plan for the next life, if tap-dancer and rubboard player don’t pan out: reggae bassist. Lee “Scratch” Perry, Junior Murvin, The Heptones, The Congos, The Upsetters, “Play On Mr. Music,” live, Jamaica (Roots Rock Reggae [1977]),
Saturday, 5/8/10
05/08/2010New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival, 2010/part 2 Scene 1: Parade of the New Orleans Social Aid and Pleasure Club ***** Scene 2: Chouval Bwa ***** Scene 3: Trombone Shorty and Orleans Avenue, “Backatown” (record-store performance) ***** Scene 4: Pinettes Brass Band (outside another record store) ********** lagniappe
