In this interactive salon, reimagine the classic Haitian immigrant living room: sofas covered in squeaky plastic protecting the fabric below, the ceramic decorations and the photo albums and the China and the bars with Rhum Barbancourt, crémas, Manischewitz, and tranpe lined up in a neat row. In the corner of the room: a record player.
Scholar, archivist, and artist Hervé Sabin brings us together to reminisce on iconic musical genres of mini-jazz and konpa direk and how they made their way to Brooklyn in our suitcases, bals, and right here in recording studios across the US.