Casals is visible again for the Puerto Ricans
The famous musician Pablo Casals spent the last 17 years of his life and exile in Puerto Rico. His figure is revealed to us through an exhibition at the new headquaters of the Casals Museum. […]
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Port-au-Prince celebrated its Kréyòl jazz
From January 23 to 30, 2016, Fondation Haïti Jazz organized the 10th edition of the Port-au-Prince International Jazz Festival with many guests from Europe, Africa, America and the Caribbean islands. Created in March 2007, the […]
Marius Cultier : the great biguine-jazz master
30 years after his death, a free concert in tribute was held to the memory of Marius Cultier by his two daughters Ayul and Laini, the association Biguine Jazz and other cultural operators. Last December […]
Moune de Rivel : an unforgettable Creole star
On April 2016, the Association for the Development of Traditional Music and the town of Sainte-Anne in Guadeloupe paid tribute to Moune de Rivel. On the programme of this day, there were a religious mass […]
Is Cuba, the Caribbean island, fashionable?
On December 17, 2014, when Presidents Raúl Castro and Barack Obama simultaneously announced the re-establishment of diplomatic relations between Cuba and the United States broken for more than half a century, a new chapter in […]
Gwoka, “Intangible cultural Heritage of Humanity”
On November 26, 2014, Gwoka – “music, song, dance and cultural practices representative of the Guadeloupean identity” – was listed as an intangible cultural heritage of Humanity by UNESCO. Some people feel proud and other […]
The long march of gwoka for recognition
In recent years, gwoka has got over obstacles but it was not always this way. Indeed, during slavery, the article 16 of the Edict of Louis XIV, King of France, in March 1685, known as […]
Gwoka : music, song and dance in Guadeloupe
Gwoka is born from the meeting of slaves from different African tribes. When they arrived in the Caribbean, they did not speak the same language, they did not have the same customs but they all […]
Buena Vista Social Club, more than legend
It could not be otherwise. Buena Vista Social Club (BVSC) bid farewell to the world stage at home. Precisely because most of their performances took place in other countries, the legendary band decided to complete […]
Jocelyne Béroard : “what we have is strong”
Martinican singer Jocelyne Béroard gave a long interview to kariculture.net, a few months ago. The only woman who sings in the Martinico-Guadeloupean (or vice-versa) zouk group, Kassav’, travels all over the world for more than […]