The year was 1983, and Jacob Desvarieux was on tour with his French-Caribbean party band in Haiti when inspiration hit. Sitting inside a Port-au-Prince hotel, the singer-guitarist took pen to paper ...

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 ...

Kassav released its first album in 1980, Love And Ka Dance, but it was their 1983 album Yelele, which featured the hit single Zouk La Se Sel Medikamen (Zouk Is The Only Medicine We Have), that ...