A world traveler, this was Wesli’s first stop in upstate New York, and he was genuinely moved by a response from fans that was over the top in celebratory exuberance.
The sound of Wesli’s music is more upbeat than most blues. “In the Haitian way of doing music we are thinking the same sadness that we are living out from under colonization. We sing it with happiness, because inside of us we know we are free.”