Hard to believe that such a dire and dramatic year could inspire such an abundance of remarkable albums. Or maybe,...
From the depths of Haitian raisin mizik to the electronic ones… We are pretty excited to feature “Electric Mambo“, the...
Whether it be called kwaze les 8, kontredans, or bal violon, Haiti’s contra-dance tradition is for the most part unknown...
Afro-Haitian Experimental Orchestra self titled debut is an album of Haitian songs, some Vodou culture songs, in a way which fans of...
How does one successfully blend the sounds and instruments of several cultures in order to produce something new? It’s a...
“Lakou Mizik takes in what other people throw away, and makes it sound beautiful for everyone.” This is how Woulele, the...
The Republic of Haiti was founded as a utopian ideal. Haiti meaning ‘country of mountains’, its name in homage to...
Rasin music is Haitian Vodou music (drums and bells forming traditional rhythms, accompanied by traditional lyrics sung in service to...
Anacreon, lyrical poet of wine and of revelry (one of Ancient Greece’s nine greatest poets), how would you have regarded...
Tanbou Toujou Lou (Drums Are Always Heavy), Ostinato Records’s anthology of hard to find Haitian musical gems from Haiti in...
In 1986, when Haitians overthrew dictator Jean Claude Duvalier and the culturally conservative authoritarian regime that he had put into...