Wesli - Tradisyon [CD]

Cat. no: CMBCD163
Format: CD
Barcode: 853001008632
Release Date: 28 Oct 2022
Genre: World Music

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 frst guitar out of an old NGO-provided oil can and nylon shoe lace when he was just eight years old.The frst 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.

Tracks: Peyizan Yo / Fe Yo We Kongo Banda / Kay Koula Trouba / Makonaya / Konta M Rakonta M (Hommage a Eric Charles) / Trouba Ewa / Samba (Hommage a Azor Rasin Mapou) / Rara Mawoula / Wawa Sa Ra (Hommage a Wawa Rasin Ganga) / Kadja Kadjae / Simbia / Le Soleil Descend / Ba Li La Vi / Peze Cafa e / Ibo Ibo Msa Toro / Ay Linae / Soufe Van Ya / Azounka an Yanvaloua / Tif a Levea