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Flashmag May 2019 www.flashmag.net
Puisque c'est ainsi
DARIUS DENON
Excerpts
During the 30 years of Kassav you released a compilation entitled Saga in 2009 followed by the album Sonjé, released in 2013. What the public can expect for the 40 years of Kassav?
Already, we are going to give a big concert at the Paris Defense Arena which has the largest screen in Europe, plus its 32,000 seats, on May 11, 2019. And then we will go on tour. A tour that will last 2 or 3 years because there is a large number of countries to visit.
If you had to play the seer how do you see Afro Caribbean music of the future given the technological advances and current trends?
Wow!
This is the tough one, I know (laughs) ...
I do not know, in fact I'm not guessing, but I think logically there are chances that this music takes a very big place in the music of the world. And when I say world music,
I do not mean third world music, but I'm talking about music, as a whole. It already has an important place but I think its importance will grow even bigger.
At the end of this interview do you have a special word to the public? Some advices to the younger generation?
A tip to the younger generation, I would say if everyone tries to put a little originality in what he does it will move the music forward. And to the public thanks, for the support it has shown us since the beginning of this adventure.
Jacob Desvarieux Flashmag and his readership thank you for this cordial and open interview.
Thanks I’ll talk to you later.
Interview by
Hubert Marlin
Journalist
Kassav in 1998 Front : late Patrick St Eloi- Jocelyne Beroard - Jean Claude Naimro
Back: Jean Philippe Marthely - Jacob Desvarieux