2nd Annual KreyolFest - Top Haitian Bands Sunday, June 29th, Show at 1pm, line up: Beethova Obas, Boukman Eksperyans, Dega, Dekwochay, Djakout Mizik, Konpa Kreyol, Tabou Combo and Zin. $10 adults, $5 children. For more information (718) 230-8700 Wingate Park, Brooklyn (Brooklyn & Winthrop Avenues) Subway: 2 to Winthrop
― Steve Kiviat (Steve K), Friday, 27 June 2003 03:19 (twenty-two years ago)
― Steve Kiviat (Steve K), Monday, 15 December 2003 05:34 (twenty-two years ago)
― Steve Kiviat (Steve K), Monday, 15 December 2003 19:55 (twenty-two years ago)
So this is the single-sole-1&-only Boukman Eksperyans thread there is on ILM? Hm. Well. So did Steve K meet any other ILMers at that Windgate Park gig of 2003? And wot did all those other Haitian bands sound like? I don't think I've ever heard any of them -- besides Boukman Eksperyans, whsoe Live at Red Rocks i'mma listening at the mo'. For a first time. I'd say this record is (so far) much more soft-groovy and mellower than I had imagined it'd be.
― t**t, Friday, 8 February 2008 14:38 (eighteen years ago)
Saw Boukman numerous times in the 90s; always an incendiary live show. No idea what they're sounding like these days.
― Dan Peterson, Friday, 8 February 2008 14:55 (eighteen years ago)
I (Steve K) saw Boukman again two years ago and they were still alot of polyrhythmic fun if a bit mellower. http://unif2004.org/WashingtonPost.html
I did not make it up to NY for that 2003 show. I later saw Djakout Mizik, who are more polished but also enjoyable. I've lost touch with the Haitian scene although I'm pretty sure bands keep coming to NY, New Jersey, Miami and DC. Current younger Haitian artists seem to have a more slick r'n'b feel. Beethova Obas merges slick r'n'b with singer/songwriter folks in a manner that I found very dull when I saw him. Tabou Combo used to be great in a James Brown funky kinda way. Not sure if they're still together.
― curmudgeon, Friday, 8 February 2008 15:17 (eighteen years ago)
thanx-a-lot, c'mudgeon!
― t**t, Friday, 8 February 2008 15:19 (eighteen years ago)
I hope they're all ok
― curmudgeon, Friday, 15 January 2010 18:19 (sixteen years ago)
Ram was in Central Park yesterday and Kreyol LA and Oxygen (from Haiti)were in the Washington DC area Saturday at Tabeer Restaurant, in La Union Mall, 1401 University Blvd., Hyattsville, MD. They're also doing NY shows at SOBs and elsewhere >
― curmudgeon, Monday, 4 July 2011 14:57 (fourteen years ago)
Haitian music (classical, folk etc. (guitar works preferred)) s/d
More Haitian music talk on this thread, including konpa, no matter the title of the thread
― curmudgeon, Monday, 4 July 2011 14:59 (fourteen years ago)
Roody Roodboy at Amadeus in Queen NY June 21. I see the flier in the Facebook group Haitian Parties in the DMV ( mostly dc, Md , Va but elsewhere too sometimes)
― curmudgeon, Thursday, 16 May 2024 13:58 (two years ago)
https://www.miamiherald.com/news/local/community/miami-dade/article313105781.html
Andre “Dadou” Pasquet guitarist of the Miami Magnum Band has died at 72
― curmudgeon, Wednesday, 26 November 2025 02:51 (six months ago)
https://www.jonathanbogart.net/blog/2026/3/23/2025-favorites-haiti
Catching up still on Jonathan Bogart's new-school Haitian diaspora dance music faves from 2025. Bogart's various afro-global 2025 lists have been linked on various ilx threads
― curmudgeon, Friday, 24 April 2026 00:32 (one month ago)