Haitian Miami

Program Title:
Haitian Miami
PRA Archive #: 
SZ0826.08
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Haitian Miami / hosted by Leonard Pitts Jr.| production engineer Len Perskie| produced by Elisabeth Perez Luna. - SERIES: The Music of Miami| no. 8 Thirteen part radio series featuring the music and thoughts of Miami musicians and composers. Features interviews with musicians and composers, as well as live and recorded music and archival material. - CONTENT: Miami, as the thrid largest Haitian community in the United States and the closest to Haiti, has Haitian musicians working in traditional forms and new styles who are creating the music of the Haitian Diaspora: big dance bands, traditional Vodoo music, political ballads and the fusion of Haitian and African-American traditions. - BROADCAST: Satellite, 24 Nov. 1995. Funded by the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation.

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Non Pacifica Programming
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Item duration: 
29:00
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