{"id":21131,"date":"2019-09-18T19:07:04","date_gmt":"2019-09-18T19:07:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/associatednews.us\/content\/2019\/09\/18\/delgres-combines-guadeloupean-heritage-with-new-orleans-creole-and-blues\/"},"modified":"2019-09-18T19:07:04","modified_gmt":"2019-09-18T19:07:04","slug":"delgres-combines-guadeloupean-heritage-with-new-orleans-creole-and-blues","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/associatednews.us\/content\/delgres-combines-guadeloupean-heritage-with-new-orleans-creole-and-blues\/","title":{"rendered":"Delgres Combines Guadeloupean Heritage With New Orleans Creole And Blues"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-style:italic;font-size:16px\">By  <a class=\"colorbox\" href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/sections\/world-cafe\/2019\/09\/18\/761889421\/delgres-combines-guadeloupean-heritage-with-new-orleans-creole-and-blues?utm_medium=RSS&amp;utm_campaign=world\">Talia Schlanger<\/a><\/span>  <\/p>\n<div class=\"ftpimagefix\" style=\"float:left\"><a class=\"colorbox\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/sections\/world-cafe\/2019\/09\/18\/761889421\/delgres-combines-guadeloupean-heritage-with-new-orleans-creole-and-blues?utm_medium=RSS&amp;utm_campaign=world\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/media.npr.org\/assets\/img\/2019\/09\/18\/delgres_wc_credit_kim_junod-1_wide-644c5d8270750b261f84542683fd55c70641b2fb-s1100-c15.jpg\" alt><\/p>\n<div>\n            <a class=\"colorbox\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/media.npr.org\/assets\/img\/2019\/09\/18\/delgres_wc_credit_kim_junod-1_wide-644c5d8270750b261f84542683fd55c70641b2fb-s1200.jpg\"><\/a><\/div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n            <a class=\"colorbox\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/media.npr.org\/assets\/img\/2019\/09\/18\/delgres_wc_credit_kim_junod-1_wide-644c5d8270750b261f84542683fd55c70641b2fb-s1200.jpg\">Enlarge this image<\/a>\n        <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<p>\n                Delgres performs live in Paris for World Cafe: Sense of Place<\/p>\n<p>                <b><\/p>\n<p>                    Kimberly Junod\/WXPN<\/p>\n<p>                <\/b><br \/>\n                <b><b>hide caption<\/b><\/b>\n            <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>            <b><b>toggle caption<\/b><\/b>\n    <\/div>\n<p>    <span><\/p>\n<p>        Kimberly Junod\/WXPN<\/p>\n<p>    <\/span>\n<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<ul>\n<li>&#8220;Mo Jodi&#8221; <\/li>\n<li>&#8220;Respect\u00e9 Nou&#8221; <\/li>\n<li>&#8220;Mr. President&#8221; <\/li>\n<li>&#8220;Vivre Sur La Route&#8221; <\/li>\n<li>&#8220;Lanme La&#8221; <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<p><!-- END CLASS=\"BUCKET\" -->\n      <\/div>\n<p><!-- END ID=\"RES761935426\" CLASS=\"BUCKETWRAP LISTTEXT\" -->\n   <\/div>\n<p><!-- END CLASS=\"CONTAINER SMALL BTMBAR\" ID=\"CON761935015\" PREVIEWTITLE=\"SET LIST\" --><\/p>\n<p>Pascal Dana\u00eb was born just outside of Paris and the first time he went to the French overseas region Guadeloupe, he was given the &#8220;Letter of Freedom&#8221; that belonged to his ancestor, Louise Dana\u00eb. She was freed from slavery in 1841 at 27 years old. At the time, she had four children, one of whom was Pascal&#8217;s grand grandfather.<\/p>\n<p> The history of slavery and French colonialism plays a big role in the music Dana\u00eb makes now with his three-piece blues band <a class=\"colorbox\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/artists\/578624764\/delgres\">Delgres<\/a>. He named the act after Louis Delgr\u00e8s, the freedom fighter who resisted the reintroduction of slavery in Guadeloupe by Napoleon in 1802 and died for the cause.  <\/p>\n<p>We met up with Delgres at La Boule Noire in Paris to hear live performances of songs from the band&#8217;s latest album, <em>Mo Jodi,<\/em> and to talk about some of the features that make the band so unique. Dana\u00eb sang in Creole and his bandmate, Rafgee, played the parts that would normally be handled by a bass guitar on the sousaphone, an instrument typically found in New Orleans brass bands. Dana\u00eb also shed light on the historic and musical connection between Africa, the French West Indies and Louisiana, as well as the healing power of the blues. <\/p>\n<div>\n<div>\n                  <a class=\"colorbox\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/playlist.worldcafe.org\/world-cafe-playlist-09-18-2019-delgres\/\">World Cafe: 9\/18\/19<\/a>\n      <\/div>\n<p><!-- END ID=\"RES761935785\" CLASS=\"BUCKETWRAP EXTERNALLINK\" -->\n   <\/div>\n<p><!-- END CLASS=\"CONTAINER LARGE BTMBAR\" ID=\"CON761935648\" PREVIEWTITLE=\"EPISODE PLAYLIST\" --><\/p>\n<aside>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<p><strong><a class=\"colorbox\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/blockads.fivefilters.org\/\">Let&#8217;s block ads!<\/a><\/strong> <a class=\"colorbox\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/blockads.fivefilters.org\/acceptable.html\">(Why?)<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Source:: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/sections\/world-cafe\/2019\/09\/18\/761889421\/delgres-combines-guadeloupean-heritage-with-new-orleans-creole-and-blues?utm_medium=RSS&amp;utm_campaign=world\" class=\"colorbox\" title=\"Delgres Combines Guadeloupean Heritage With New Orleans Creole And Blues\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/www.npr.org\/sections\/world-cafe\/2019\/09\/18\/761889421\/delgres-combines-guadeloupean-heritage-with-new-orleans-creole-and-blues?utm_medium=RSS&amp;utm_campaign=world<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"ftpimagefix\" style=\"float:left\"><a class=\"colorbox\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/sections\/world-cafe\/2019\/09\/18\/761889421\/delgres-combines-guadeloupean-heritage-with-new-orleans-creole-and-blues?utm_medium=RSS&amp;utm_campaign=world\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/media.npr.org\/assets\/img\/2019\/09\/18\/delgres_wc_credit_kim_junod-1_wide-644c5d8270750b261f84542683fd55c70641b2fb-s1100-c15.jpg\" alt><\/p>\n<div>\n            <a class=\"colorbox\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/media.npr.org\/assets\/img\/2019\/09\/18\/delgres_wc_credit_kim_junod-1_wide-644c5d8270750b261f84542683fd55c70641b2fb-s1200.jpg\"><\/a><\/div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n            <a class=\"colorbox\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/media.npr.org\/assets\/img\/2019\/09\/18\/delgres_wc_credit_kim_junod-1_wide-644c5d8270750b261f84542683fd55c70641b2fb-s1200.jpg\">Enlarge this image<\/a>\n        <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<p>\n                Delgres performs live in Paris for World Cafe: Sense of Place<\/p>\n<p>                <b><\/p>\n<p>                    Kimberly Junod\/WXPN<\/p>\n<p>                <\/b><br \/>\n                <b><b>hide caption<\/b><\/b>\n            <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>            <b><b>toggle caption<\/b><\/b>\n    <\/div>\n<p>    <span><\/p>\n<p>        Kimberly Junod\/WXPN<\/p>\n<p>    <\/span>\n<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<ul>\n<li>&#8220;Mo Jodi&#8221; <\/li>\n<li>&#8220;Respect\u00e9 Nou&#8221; <\/li>\n<li>&#8220;Mr. President&#8221; <\/li>\n<li>&#8220;Vivre Sur La Route&#8221; <\/li>\n<li>&#8220;Lanme La&#8221; <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<p><!-- END CLASS=\"BUCKET\" -->\n      <\/div>\n<p><!-- END ID=\"RES761935426\" CLASS=\"BUCKETWRAP LISTTEXT\" -->\n   <\/div>\n<p><!-- END CLASS=\"CONTAINER SMALL BTMBAR\" ID=\"CON761935015\" PREVIEWTITLE=\"SET LIST\" --><\/p>\n<p>Pascal Dana\u00eb was born just outside of Paris and the first time he went to the French overseas region Guadeloupe, he was given the &#8220;Letter of Freedom&#8221; that belonged to his ancestor, Louise Dana\u00eb. She was freed from slavery in 1841 at 27 years old. At the time, she had four children, one of whom was Pascal&#8217;s grand grandfather.<\/p>\n<p> The history of slavery and French colonialism plays a big role in the music Dana\u00eb makes now with his three-piece blues band <a class=\"colorbox\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/artists\/578624764\/delgres\">Delgres<\/a>. He named the act after Louis Delgr\u00e8s, the freedom fighter who resisted the reintroduction of slavery in Guadeloupe by Napoleon in 1802 and died for the cause.  <\/p>\n<p>We met up with Delgres at La Boule Noire in Paris to hear live performances of songs from the band&#8217;s latest album, <em>Mo Jodi,<\/em> and to talk about some of the features that make the band so unique. Dana\u00eb sang in Creole and his bandmate, Rafgee, played the parts that would normally be handled by a bass guitar on the sousaphone, an instrument typically found in New Orleans brass bands. Dana\u00eb also shed light on the historic and musical connection between Africa, the French West Indies and Louisiana, as well as the healing power of the blues. <\/p>\n<div>\n<div>\n                  <a class=\"colorbox\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/playlist.worldcafe.org\/world-cafe-playlist-09-18-2019-delgres\/\">World Cafe: 9\/18\/19<\/a>\n      <\/div>\n<p><!-- END ID=\"RES761935785\" CLASS=\"BUCKETWRAP EXTERNALLINK\" -->\n   <\/div>\n<p><!-- END CLASS=\"CONTAINER LARGE BTMBAR\" ID=\"CON761935648\" PREVIEWTITLE=\"EPISODE PLAYLIST\" --><\/p>\n<aside>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<p><strong><a class=\"colorbox\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/blockads.fivefilters.org\/\">Let&#8217;s block ads!<\/a><\/strong> <a class=\"colorbox\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/blockads.fivefilters.org\/acceptable.html\">(Why?)<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[41],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-21131","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-entertainment"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/associatednews.us\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21131","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/associatednews.us\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/associatednews.us\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/associatednews.us\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/associatednews.us\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=21131"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/associatednews.us\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21131\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/associatednews.us\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21131"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/associatednews.us\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21131"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/associatednews.us\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21131"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}