Best of The Beat on Afropop: Emeline Michel and Women Artists of Haiti

<p><a href="https://afropop.test.ejaedesign.com/migrated-uploads/2016/03/Beat192EmelineP43-1.jpg"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="alignleft size-medium wp-image-27969" src="https://afropop.test.ejaedesign.com/migrated-uploads/2016/03/Beat192EmelineP43-1-228x300.jpg" alt="Beat19#2EmelineP43 (1)" height="300" width="228"></a><br></p> <p>In recognition of Women’s History Month, and also noting the recent appearance of Haitian singer Emeline Michel in Brooklyn at the <a href="https://afropop.test.ejaedesign.com/27866/globalfests-creole-carnival-comes-to-brooklyn/" target="_blank">globalFEST Creole Carnival</a>, this edition of "Best of The Beat" brings you a feature from 2000 on Ms. Michel, at that time just beginning to make her mark on the international stage. Brian Dring, author of <em>The Bea</em>t’s regular column “The Other Caribbean,“ interviewed the rising star, known as the “Goddess of Mizik Kweyol,” on the cusp of the release of her album <em>Cordes et Ame.</em></p> <p><strong>READ OR DOWNLOAD PDF HERE: </strong><a href="https://afropop.test.ejaedesign.com/migrated-uploads/2016/03/Beat192Emeline-copy.pdf">Beat19#2Emeline copy</a></p> <iframe loading="lazy" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/jENYFq8o5Zs" allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen" height="315" frameborder="0" width="560"></iframe> <p><a href="https://afropop.test.ejaedesign.com/migrated-uploads/2016/03/Beat113WomenHaiti-1.jpg"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="alignleft wp-image-27970 size-medium" src="https://afropop.test.ejaedesign.com/migrated-uploads/2016/03/Beat113WomenHaiti-1-225x300.jpg" alt="Beat11#3WomenHaiti (1)" height="300" width="225"></a><br></p> <p>In addition, we have an excellent overview from 1992, entitled “Women Taking Risks,” by musicologist Gage Averill, <em>The Beat</em>’s “Haitian Fascination” columnist at that time. He outlines the music and messages of Farah Juste, Lumane Casimir, Martha Jean-Claude, Toto Bissainthe, Carole “Maroule” Demesmin, Myriam Dorismé, Fédia Laguerre, along with the significant emergence of Riské, an all-female band, and discusses the role of women in Haitian culture and tradition as bearers of the folkloric-political heritage.</p> <p><strong>READ OR DOWNLOAD PDF HERE: <a href="https://afropop.test.ejaedesign.com/migrated-uploads/2016/03/Beat113WomenHaiti.pdf">Beat11#3WomenHaiti</a></strong></p> <iframe loading="lazy" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/zZiVYVoy8QA" allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen" height="315" frameborder="0" width="420"></iframe> <p>Also included is a sidebar review of the album <a href="http://media.smithsonianfolkways.org/liner_notes/smithsonian_folkways/SFW40402.pdf" target="_blank"><em>Caribbean Revels: Haitian Rara and Dominican Gaga</em> (Smithsonian/Folkways)</a></p> <p><strong><a href="https://afropop.test.ejaedesign.com/25929/the-beat-goes-on-intro/" target="_blank">ABOUT BEST OF THE BEAT ON AFROPOP</a></strong></p>