Tag Archives: Music

Vintage Vodou from the Makandal Archive

Posted on 22/01/2022 by makandal1758

Donk, lè m antre Nouyòk, mwen deside pou m fè plak. Sa k fè m te deside pou m fè plak se te yon afè… Kòmsi m ta di w, yon bagay m te gen nan mwen menm pou m … Continue reading →

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Call the Drum Spirit 2017

Posted on 12/06/2017 by makandal1758

Presented by Makandal, in partnership with the Center for Traditional Music and Dance (CTMD) and the Eugene Lang College at The New School Info+Tickets

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Save the Date! Call the Drum Spirit 2017

Posted on 22/04/2017 by makandal1758

Featuring The Makandal Drummers Fanmi Asotò, with Master Drummer Fanfan Tanbou René Djarara Co-sponsored by the Center for Traditional Music and Dance Admission and address details to come This program is made possible, in part, with funds from the New York … Continue reading →

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Tales from the Archive: A Message from Ti Kelep

Posted on 28/02/2017 by makandal1758

The waistcoat was one of Frisner’s favorites, and he wore it often on stage. A basic black, it featured two welt pockets, a pointed front, and a closure that he never buttoned down—banking, of course, on the sex appeal of … Continue reading →

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Tales from the Archive: Tangled Roots

Posted on 26/08/2016 by makandal1758

The spotlight caught him in one of his star moments: seated at a conga in a red Kesler Pierre t-shirt for the Vodou spirit of love (her dazzling heart crowned with the word “Makandal”); a cluster of New Orleans-style carnival … Continue reading →

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Tales from the Archive: Remembering Jocelyne

Posted on 18/08/2016 by makandal1758

Frisner popped the audiocassette into his car’s player, and the music started. “Le voix là, le voix les anges, le voix là, le voix les cieux, nous prions qui sous la terre, sous la terre comme dans les cieux, le … Continue reading →

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Call the Drum Spirit! Rele Ountò!

Posted on 21/05/2016 by makandal1758

The Third Annual Frisner Augustin Memorial Drum Concert Saturday, June 25, 8 PM Roulette, 509 Atlantic Avenue at Third Avenue, Downtown Brooklyn (map) Who’s Playing? Bonga and Tiga Makandal Drummers with Taïna Ligondé Brother High Dreamteam Fulltempo What’s Screening? Video documentary … Continue reading →

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Tales from the Archive: The Intimate Touch

Posted on 16/12/2015 by makandal1758

From The Intimate Touch album notes: “We can continue hearing pulses grouped in fours….Or, we can hear a shift from pulses grouped in fours to pulses grouped in threes: beginning on the second pulse of the third beat in measure … Continue reading →

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Tales from the Archive: Vodou in the Voodoo Theatre*

Posted on 09/12/2015 by makandal1758

She was planning the program with good intentions. “Do it just like you do it at home,” Verna Gillis told Frisner as we met with her in the run-up to our first performance at Soundscape, her loft in the Manhattan … Continue reading →

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Tales from the Archive: A Day for Frisner, a Day for Haitian Culture

Posted on 02/12/2015 by makandal1758

“Because of the drum, that’s why I can be here today. “I remember the time I struggled in Haiti. A lot of people used to talk bad about the culture, the roots. But today is going to be my day, … Continue reading →

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