Release Date: 04 November 2022
Label: Cumbancha
Packaging Type: Jewel Case
No of Units: 1
Barcode: 853001008632
Genres: World Music  Tropical  
Release Date: 04 November 2022
Label: Cumbancha
Packaging Type: Jewel Case
No of Units: 1
Barcode: 853001008632
Genres: World Music  Tropical  
Description
Wesli is the stage name of Wesley Louissaint, a Haitian-Canadian musician. In 2019, Wesli received a Canadian Juno Award for World Music Album of the Year. One of eight children raised in a home where music was a big part of daily life, it became a second nature to him, a way to escape the misery that surrounded him. Wesli built his first guitar out of an old NGO-provided oil can and nylon shoe lace when he was just eight years old.The first volume of this epic work, Tradisyon, which focuses on Haitian roots, acoustic and traditional styles, It will be followed by Tradisyon, Vol. 2, a stunning exploration of new directions in Haitian music, blending traditional genres with electronic music, Afrobeat, soul, funk, hip-hop and more.
While each volume of Tradisyon demonstrates Wesli's incredible talents as a composer, singer, multi-instrumentalist and producer, taken together Tradisyon and Tradisyon, Vol. 2 are an epic body of work that does for Haitian music what groundbreaking artists such as The Beatles did for rock in the 1960s and Stevie Wonder did for soul in the 1970s.
Tracklisting
Lakou Mizik
Dobet Gnahore
Habib Koite
Lakou Mizik
Dobet Gnahore
Idan Raichel
Wesli
Kimi Djabaté
Guts
Rebles
Wesli
David Walters
Various
Guts
Various Artists
Various Artists