Thousands of Haitian and Caribbean music fans are expected for South Florida's annual Haitian Compas Festival. The French-Caribbean band Kassav will make a rare Florida appearance at the Saturday ...

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 ...

Legendary Caribbean Zouk band Kassav’ is set to headline the Kwita Izina Gala Dinner on Friday, September 5, at the Kigali Convention Centre (KCC), The New Times has learned. The much-anticipated ...

Kassav has had the world dancing for the past 35 years with zouk, upbeat music based on traditional rhythms from the French Caribbean. With over 20 albums, Kassav is one of world music's biggest ...

In 1983, Kassav', a band from the Antilles in the Caribbean, released Zouk La Se Sel Medikamen Non Ni (Zouk Is The Only Medicine We Have). It became the first Antillean record to sell 100,000 copies.

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 ...

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His band, Kassav’, found millions of listeners as it held on to Caribbean roots while reaching out to the world. He died of Covid-19. By Jon Pareles Jacob Desvarieux, the guitarist and singer who led ...

PARIS (AFP) - Jacob Desvarieux, the Guadeloupean co-founder of Caribbean band Kassav' which shot to global fame in the 1980s by creating the fast-beat zouk music style, has died of Covid-19. Local ...