![]() ![]() Having opened the album by invoking voudoun goddesses and saints on songs like “Rén Sobo,” “Ati Sole” and “Palave Maria,” Josué closes it with “Kase Tonèl,” a live recording of a voodoo ceremony and the festivities that follow.Ī roster of global musicians helps Josué and producer Czarnacki link together the singular journey of “Pèlerinaj.”įrench/Guadeloupean jazzman Jacques Schwarz-Bart plays saxophone and co-arranges three songs master percussionist Bauvois Anilus and guitarist Mark Mulholland accompany Josué on his Haitian homecoming on “Kafou” and French composer Arthur Simonini provides the subtle piano and orchestral arrangements on “Tchèbè Tchèbè,” celebrating slave-turned-revolutionary leader Jean-Jaques Dessalines.Ĭzarnacki said “Pélerinaj” is, “if you like, a concept album.Ĭover art for Erol Josue’s “Peleri-naj” 18-track album. “You put candles, alcohol and food on the crossroads. Which path to take – north or south, Paris or New York – is a decision called ‘kafou’,” Josué said. “The crossroads is an important symbol in voodoo. He sings of his own pilgrimage - his journey and return - on “Kafou.” “Pilgrims sing this song as they climb to reach the feet of their patron saint,” he added “’Fla’ is the moment when everything is flowing in the ceremony,” said Josué. Through the country’s travails wind the forces and fates of voudou. ![]() “Kwi a” reminds Haitians that they are descendants of freedom fighters who should never use their hollow kwi calabashes to beg “Pèlerinaj fla vodou” honors the country’s refusal to continue seeking international aid. “Avelekete” is Josué’s tribute to the earthquake’s victims, calling on those yet to grieve to allow their tears to fall. Rom secret meetings of African slaves and Haiti’s Indigenous Arawak people (“Badji”) to a paean to the resilience of a people who successfully revolted against slavery and colonialism (“Je suis grand nèg”) only to face poverty, human rights violations and natural disasters, Pèlerinaj takes the listener to the aftermath of the 2010 temblor. Haitian Voodoo priest and singer, Erol Josue. On “Pèlerinaj”, he sings – in French and Creole – not only of his own spiritual and political journey, but of Haiti’s. ![]()
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