Monday, October 18, 2004
www.satalla.com
WORLD MUSIC & AMERICAN CUISINE, EVERY NIGHT
37 WEST 26TH STREET (BROADWAY / 6TH AVE), NEW YORK CITY
S A T A L L A :::.. MUSIC FROM AROUND THE GLOBE
presents
November 20
Erol Josue - Caribbean / Haitian Music
10pm
Admission $20
Born in Port-au-Prince, Haitian Erol Josue is a singer/songwriter/choreographer who grew up in his family's Vodou temple. Growing up inside this world of sacred music and ritual did not, however, isolate him from other music. His father's collection of classic Jazz as well as the American and French music streaming over the airwaves of Radio Metropol, exposed him to a diverse array of international artists. By the time Erol was 17, he was already a Vodou priest, or Houngan, and had a profound understanding of how dance and music and ritual blended to create an experience that is truly a revolution, for body, and soul. Today he cites Bjork and Maxwell as contemporary influences and has created an approach that integrates his function as a "spirit diva" with the club dance floor, and the car radio. Erol’s Satalla performance is the New York debut of his latest project, Regleman, which refers to the language, gestures, rituals and protocol of Vodou.
