Some bands become pillars of a genre, some redefine it, and others rise to the level of exemplar in their chosen style. He hasn’t taken any of the cultural shortcuts many stars opt for these days. And ...
Guitarist, singer and Kassav founding member Jacob Desvarieux died last month in Guadeloupe at the age of 65. Kassav, which was founded after he met with brothers George and Pierre Eduard Decimus in ...
16th Annual Haitian Compas Festival to feature more than a dozen bands including Kassav, Tabou Combo
The year was 1983, and Jacob Desvarieux was on tour with his French-Caribbean party band in Haiti when inspiration hit. Sitting inside a Port-au-Prince hotel, the singer-guitarist took pen to paper ...
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