André Charles and His Quisqueya Ibo Combo Group (Haiti)

André Charles

Haitian vocalist and composer André Charles was a Romantic who thoroughly appreciated “Une femme qui belle” (“a beautiful woman”). Songs composed for the Port-au-Prince-based Ibo Combo, popular during the 1970s, are nostalgic tributes to “le Belle Bagaille” (“Beautiful Thing”) that nod to peyizan (peasant) folk practices.

EN ESPAÑOL

El vocalista y compositor Haitiano André Charles fue un romántico profundamente apreciado por ”Une femme qui belle“ (una bella mujer). Canciones compuestas por el Combo Ibo Port-au-Prince-based, popular durante la década de 1970, son tributos nostálgicos de ”Le Belle Bagaille“ que asienten a las prácticas populares Peyizan (campesino en idioma haitiano.

Track Listing

101	Une Fille pour ma Gout (A Girl for my Taste)	André Charles	3:17
102	Marie	André Charles	4:32
103	Femme qui Belle (Beautiful Woman)	André Charles	2:42
104	Ibo Combo (Ibo Combo Theme Song)	André Charles	3:43
105	A la Belle Bagaille (Beautiful Thing)	André Charles	3:04
106	Plat Creole (Creole Food)	André Charles	2:13
201	Pendant je Dormais (While I Sleep)	André Charles	3:45
202	Bagaille Qui Belle	André Charles	3:25
203	Fé Acacia (Acacia Leaves)	André Charles	3:15
204	Jeanette Cherie	André Charles	2:21
205	Maman'm Coté ou Yé? (Sweetheart, Where Are You?)	André Charles	3:10
206	Céremonie Farine (Ritual Song)	André Charles	4:48