On paper, a collaboration between the multi-generational Haitian band Lakou Mizik and Grammy-winning electronic musician Joseph Ray might be an unlikely coupling. Their forthcoming album, Leave The ...

Haitian band Lakou Mizik's new album is called Leave the Bones. Member Steeve Valcourt and musician Joseph Ray, who collaborated with the band, talk with NPR's Scott Simon about it. The band Lakou ...

BRATTLEBORO — Lakou Mizik formed in Haiti as a way to offer healing through music after a devastating earthquake in 2010. "The idea has been to look at a bunch of traditional songs and traditional ...

Leave the Bones is the name of Lakou Mizik's new album, a collaboration with experimental electronic king Joseph Ray, well-known to fans as one-third of UK icons Nero. By Kat Bein There’s a phrase in ...

Lakou Mizik’s first appearance at the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival sparked an album. The Haitian music collective had just released its debut, “Wa Di Yo,” in 2016 and stopped at the 2017 Jazz ...

The band Lakou Mizik embodies some of the resilience of Haitians, who've endured decades of political turmoil and natural disasters, including, of course, the 2010 earthquake that killed more than 200 ...