Wesli

Wesli is the stage name of Wesley Louissaint, a Haitian Canadian musician.[1] He is most noted for winning the Juno Award for World Music Album of the Year at the Juno Awards of 2019 for his album Rapadou Kreyol.[2]

Wesli
Background information
Birth nameWesley Louissaint
Born(1980-09-06)September 6, 1980
Port-au-Prince, Haiti
OriginMontreal, Quebec
GenresHaitian music
Occupation(s)guitarist
Instrumentsvocals, guitar
Years active2000s-present

Born and raised in Port-au-Prince,[3] he moved to Montreal, Quebec in 2001 to study music.[4] He collaborated on albums by Senaya and Sara Rénélik in the 2000s before releasing his own debut album Kouraj in 2009.[4] He followed up with the albums Liberté dans le noir in 2011, ImmiGrand and Ayiti Étoile Nouvelle in 2015,[5] an expanded edition of ImmiGrand in 2017,[1] and Rapadou Kreyol in 2018.[3]

Discography

  • Kouraj (2009)
  • Liberté dans le noir (2011)
  • ImmiGrand (2015)
  • Ayiti Étoile Nouvelle (2015)
  • ImmiGrand Deluxe (2017)
  • Rapadou Kreyol (2018)

References

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