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Let the Rhythm Lead: Haiti Song Summit Vol. 1

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Jackson Browne - Love Is Love
Lape, Lanmou
Under The Supermoon - Jenny Lewis, Habib Koite
Surrender - Paul Beaubrun
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The Drop: GRAMMY Museum
1 Lape, Lanmou (6:16)  
2 Love Is Love (4:40)  
3 Surrender (3:59)  
4 Under The Supermoon (5:15)  
5 Let The Rhythm Lead (4:39)  
6 Goddess At the Wheel (4:58)  
7 Koulandian (7:06)  
8 Saving Grace (4:14)  
9 El Viajero (6:50)  
10 Simbi Dlo (3:55)  
11 I Found Out (3:49)  
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Let the Rhythm Lead: Haiti Song Summit Vol. 1 is a meeting of musical styles and traditions that brings together the world views of songwriters Paul Beaubrun, Jackson Browne, Habib Koité, Jenny Lewis, Raúl Rodríguez, Jonathan Russell and Jonathan Wilson alongside members of Haitian roots band Lakou Mizik at the Artists Institute of Jacmel. 

Steeped in polyrhythmic drumming of Haitian Vodou, complex notes of Spanish Tres, Flamenco and Malian Guitar, interwoven with North American folk and rock, Let the Rhythm Lead is a musical odyssey, employing an array of diverse songwriting traditions and genres to tell stories of new friendships and collaborations, powerful spirits and ancient traditions, all the while honoring humanity, love, understanding, awakening and rejuvenation. Six languages narrate the journey with singing in English, French, Creole, Khassonké, Manding and Spanish.

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  • Jackson Browne, Jonathan Wilson, Jenny Lewis and others participate in Grammy Museum conversation / jambands
    Posted At: August 27, 2020 12:00 AM

    Today, Aug. 26, at 2 p.m. ET, Jackson Browne, Jenny Lewis, Jonathan Wilson and more will participate in an online discussion hosted by the Grammy Museum. The group of musicians will discuss "the creation of the super-group album Let the Rhythm Lead: Haiti Song Summit, Vol. 1."Browne, Lewis and Wilson will be joined by their collaborators: singer-songwriter Jonathan Russell; "Haitian guitarist, bandleader...
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  • Heidelberg's own Jackson Browne sparks 'Let The Rhythm Lead Vol1' / LowBeats: album of the week
    Posted At: April 14, 2020 12:00 AM

    Jackson Browne has been one of the most renowned singer-songwriters in the West Coast team for half a century. Born in Heidelberg, he has always been politically active and built cultural bridges over the years. The new project created a creative, sparkling crossover happening in Haiti with musicians from several countries, which is also somewhat reminiscent of Ry Cooder's collaboration with the Buen...
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  • Jackson Browne And friends record benefit album In WSDG-designed studios At Haiti's Artists Institute
    Posted At: March 20, 2020 12:00 AM

    In collaboration with the creative community and students of Haiti's Artists Institute, songwriters Jackson Browne, Jenny Lewis, Jonathan Wilson, Jonathan Russell, Habib Koite, Raul Rodriguez and Paul Beaubrun recorded eleven original songs for Let the Rhythm Lead, a new benefit album celebrating the work of Artists for Peace and Justice APJ in Haiti. The project, conceived of as an international songwri...
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  • 'Let the Rhythm Lead: Haiti Song Summit' exceeded expectations! / Music Guru Radio
    Posted At: March 6, 2020 12:00 AM

    This album really exceeded my expectations! Even with some of the songs, in different languages, I happily grooved without knowing what they were singing about. The person who mixed this album, did it so perfectly, that I thought that I was listening to vinyl. That is how good the mix was. Perfect. There were 2 songs that featured Jackson Browne, that were, of course, excellent as well. The other songs w...
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  • The mix of rhythms, languages and instruments on 'Haiti Song Summit is unified by messages / Pasadena Weekly
    Posted At: February 27, 2020 12:00 AM

    A stirring collaboration featuring Jackson Browne, Malian guitarist Habib Koité, Jenny Lewis, flamenco guitarist Raúl Rodríguez, The Head and the Heart's Jonathan Russell, Jonathan Wilson, and members of versatile Haitian roots band Lakou Mizik. Recording under Artists for Peace and Justice's banner, the fluid mix of rhythms, languages and instruments is unified by messages of peace ...
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  • Steeped in polyrhythmic drumming, 'Haiti Song Summit Vol. 1' tells stories of powerful spirits and ancient traditions / MUSIC Monthly
    Posted At: February 17, 2020 12:00 AM

    Let the Rhythm Lead: Haiti Song Summit Vol. 1 is a meeting of musical styles and traditions that brings together the world views of songwriters Paul Beaubrun, Jackson Browne, Habib Koité, Jenny Lewis, Raúl Rodríguez, Jonathan Russell and Jonathan Wilson alongside members of Haitian roots band Lakou Mizik at the Artists Institute of Jacmel. Steeped in polyrhythmic drumming of Hait...
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  • Arts Music releases 'Let The Rhythm Lead: Haiti Song Summit Vol.1' from Artists for Peace and Justice / RADIOFACTS
    Posted At: February 14, 2020 12:00 AM

    Today, Arts Music releases the benefit album Let the Rhythm Lead: Haiti Song Summit Vol. 1, a collaborative project of songwriters Jonathan Wilson, Jenny Lewis, Jackson Browne, Paul Beaubrun, Habib Koité, Raúl Rodríguez and Jonathan Russell, along with members of the Haitian roots band Lakou Mizik. Along with the album's release, Paul Beaubrun has shared the video for his song "Surre...
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  • 'Let The Rhythm Lead' brings Jackson Browne and friends to Haiti / All Things Considered
    Posted At: February 12, 2020 12:00 AM

    In 2016, singer-songwriter Jackson Browne went to Haiti to donate recording equipment to a local music studio. The plan was to help train young producers, but the songs they created together took on a life of their own and led to a new album called "Let The Rhythm Lead: Haiti Song Summit, Vol. 1." Banning Eyre has this review. (SOUNDBITE OF SONG, "LAPE, LANMOU") JONATHAN WILSON, JENNY LEWIS AND SANBA...
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  • Paul Beaubrun and Jackson Browne collaborate on 'Surrender' from 'Let the Rhythm Lead: Haiti Song Summit Vol. 1' / FLOOD MAGAZINE
    Posted At: January 31, 2020 12:00 AM

    Among the many highlights of the Jackson Browne–spearheaded Artists for Peace and Justice compilation Let the Rhythm Lead: Haiti Song Summit Vol. 1 that drops today is Haitian songwriter Paul Beaubrun's relaxed, reggae-infused track "Surrender," which features songwriting contributions from Browne. Embellishing a tracklist already boasting fresh songs from Jenny Lewis, Lazou Mizik, Habib Koit&e...
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  • Arts Music releases the benefit album; Let the Rhythm Lead: Haiti Song Summit Vol. 1 / BroadwayWorld
    Posted At: January 31, 2020 12:00 AM

    Today, Arts Music releases the benefit album Let the Rhythm Lead: Haiti Song Summit Vol. 1, a collaborative project of songwriters Jonathan Wilson, Jenny Lewis, Jackson Browne, Paul Beaubrun, Habib Koit?, Ra?l Rodr?guez and Jonathan Russell, along with members of the Haitian roots band Lakou Mizik. Along with the album's release, Paul Beaubrun has shared the video for his song "Surrender". "Surre...
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  • Jackson Browne talks about Haiti benefit album with The Independent
    Posted At: January 31, 2020 12:00 AM

    Jackson Browne: ‘My generation were idealistic and naive but we were right about so many things' The singer-songwriter talks to Kevin E G Perry about his benefit album for Haiti, the calamitous state of the planet, Donald Trump's ‘wild lies', his fears about the election, and getting old. The morning after our interview I get a call from Jackson Browne. I stare at my phone...
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  • Jackson Browne will keynote 'Triple A SummitFest 2020' / ALL ACCESS
    Posted At: January 30, 2020 12:00 AM

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  • Voodoo ceremonies and cross-cultural jams: Inside Jackson Browne's all-star Haiti benefit LP / RollingStone
    Posted At: January 24, 2020 12:00 AM

    With help from Jenny Lewis, a member of the Head and the Heart, and others, the singer-songwriter forged new musical alliances, documented on ‘Let the Rhythm Lead.' Over the decades, Browne has found himself in some unusual situations linked to his music: singing in a jail cell after being arrested while protesting the opening of a nuclear power plant, or recording an album (Running on Empt...
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  • New York Public Radio's 'New Sounds' presents Jackson Browne leading 'Let the Rhythm Lead: Haiti Song Summit Vol. 1'
    Posted At: January 13, 2020 12:00 AM

    For the Week of Jan. 13: New York Public Radio's New Sounds presents Jackson Browne leading A Haitian-American Benefit Project. A new album coming late this month features the veteran American songwriter and activist Jackson Browne in collaboration with musicians from Haiti, Mali, and beyond; titled Let The Rhythm Lead: Haiti Song Summit  Vol. 1, the LP is a benefit for the organization cal...
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  • Hear Jenny Lewis and Habib Koite's new collaboration 'Under The Supermoon' from Haiti Song Summit Vol. 1 / EW
    Posted At: January 9, 2020 12:00 AM

    The track is part of Let The Rhythm Lead: Haiti Song Summit Vol. 1, a collaborative album that celebrates the work of the non-profit organization Artists for Peace and Justice. "The whole world thinks we're insane," sings Jenny Lewis on "Under The Supermoon," a lulling new track from the On the Line singer and legendary Malian guitarist Habib Koité. Part of Let The Rhythm Lead: Haiti Song Summ...
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  • Jenny Lewis, Jackson Browne, Jonathan Wilson team for 'Lape Lanmou' from Haiti benefit album, 'Let the Rhythm Lead' / RollingStone
    Posted At: December 12, 2019 12:00 AM

    Jenny Lewis and producer/songwriter Jonathan Wilson have teamed with Sanba Zao, Paul Beaubrun and Jackson Browne for a new song, "Lapé Lanmou (Peace and Love)." The track will appear on the upcoming benefit album, Let the Rhythm Lead: Haiti Song Summit, Vol. 1, out January 31st, 2020 from Artists for Peace and Justice via Arts Music. The bustling song, whose title means "Peace and Love" in Creole,...
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  • Jackson Browne honors the resilience of Haiti in 'Love Is Love' / RollingStone
    Posted At: December 3, 2019 12:00 AM

    Jackson Browne honors the resilience of Haiti in the video for his recent song, "Love Is Love," released last month. The track will appear on the upcoming benefit album, Let the Rhythm Lead: Haiti Song Summit, Vol. 1, out January 31st, 2020 from Artists for Peace and Justice via Arts Music. Along with Browne, Let the Rhythm Lead features contributions from Paul Beaubrun, Habib Koité, Jenny Lew...
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