- country:USA
- region:New York City
- style(s):Crossover, World Pop
- label:not signed
- type:Composer/Songwriter
- gender:male
- instrumentation:vocal, electronic, percussion, string, singer songwriter, guitar
- artist posted by:Ubuntu World Music
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JC Maillard presents “Bwa Flote” (Driftwood), a new solo performance.
Guadeloupe sits in the Leeward Islands of the eastern Caribbean. The oceanic currents that find passage through these islands to the Caribbean Sea originate in the North and South Atlantic, and are influenced by the fresh waters of the Mississippi, Orinoco, Amazon, and Magdalena rivers.
“Growing up on a small Caribbean island pre- internet, everything that miraculously reaches your shores is an influence that can potentially change your life. Driftwood of all sorts, eliciting a strange desire to dream about their origin, wonder about their transformations. My vagabond life denotes a profound curiosity about the many influences that have touched the shores of my musical experiences.”
JC is the embodiment of a world musician in 2021 with a 30 year career of multiple cultural immersions. In the minimal setting of a solo act, making use of string instruments, voice, stompboxes and electronics, he sheds light on his own driftwood collection, offering a glimpse into the forces that shaped his music.
Driftwood reaffirms JC’s attachment to the motherland of Guadeloupe and the commitment of the artist to be a torchbearer for a culturally conscious music.
“If we are to preserve culture we must continue to create it.” – Johan Huizinga