Haitian ‘meringue’! Hispanola is a small island. This is a small tune which keeps expanding, rootsy acoustic meringue in kreyole. There’s a drum & voice Legba tribute song on this CD (Haiti Cherie) but I prefer those, like this one, which sweeten the equation with light plucked guitars.
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Other side of the island… now via Manhattan island, Blogworkorange. A short story blog by Juan Dicent, en Español. Via Caro, who knows, and notes that “some of the better Dominican writing is actually happening on the web these days” in this link-filled post.
that meringue disc has been one of my favorites for years. threw a track into another crunk genealogy way back when, by ti band l’avenir no less!
Ditto on Wayne’s comments. I think I found that record in Amoeba sometime in the early 90s. Still one of the records I keep coming back to (the Ti Zwazo track also by L’Avenir, is heartbreakingly beautiful). Hell, the entire Corason catalog is pretty flawless.
And thanks for the shoutout — glad you’re enjoying Juan’s work.
keep the good job