The zouk of Kassav’ in concert on May 24 in Paris and guest of franceinfo channel 27 on Friday March 22

The Kassav’ group is the exceptional guest of “Mélodies nuits”, the Franceinfo channel 27 magazine devoted to music and presented by Michel Mompontet, this Friday March 22 at 10 p.m. This year, Kassav’ is making its return to Paris, at the Accor Arena (May 18) and the Adidas Arena (May 19) which were almost sold out in just two hours.

They will return to the fascinating history of Kassav’ and pay tribute to Jacob Desvarieux, the group’s founding musician, who recently passed away.

Millions of albums sold

With more than 5,000 concerts to their credit, millions of albums sold and unwavering support from the public since 1980, the reputation of the Guadeloupean zouk group is well established. They have ignited stages as prestigious as the Juan Jazz Festival and even Red Square, and their talent has won over legends like Miles Davis and Stevie Wonder. Their career is punctuated by hits.

Kassav’ songs are chants in Creole, a language spoken by less than a million people in the world. Kassav’ also means “small cassava pancake”, in the language. Music that brought together the Antilles, the metropolis and Africa. For the music critic of France Info, Bertrand Dicale, “They don’t just say ‘my darling, you are beautiful’, they will talk about something else, the daily life of the West Indians, that life is expensive, that it is not easy, etc.” Kassav’ invented zouk, an ideal party cocktail.