Daniel “Dadi” Beaubrun is a brilliant, composer, songwriter, producer, multi- instrumentist and engineer. His unique musical style blends traditional Haitian Vodou rhythms with rock, pop and blues which is know as Racine (roots) music. This distinct Racine sound is evident in the three albums Daniel Beaubrun produced for Boukman Eksperyans: “Vodou Adjae,” which was nominated […]

His artist name, Pepe, originated from the widespread use of the Spanish language in the region. Reared in Ouanaminthe until the age of 5, Pepe, the fourth of five sons, was schooled in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, at St, Louis de Gonzague. Pepe’s musical career began in Haiti in 1957, at the request of his father, Colonel […]

Jacques Barbot was the Congas player for the “Nouvelle Generation” band, Zin. He was also the brother of the late Haitian-American WLIB radio host, Stanley Barbot.

Like most brass musicians, it was in the brass band of his hometown that he learned to play the sax and also the clarinet. A major explorer, he assembled a group of amateurs and aspirants devoted to his cause, in a crusade to enhance regional settings, traveling throughout the area, hosting country and patronal festivals. […]