Delgres
An anti-slavery hero from the West Indies, known for the proclamation signed in
his name in 1802, which was a high point in Guadeloupe's resistance to
Napoleonic troops, Louis Delgrès had no idea that his patronymic would serve as
inspiration for musicians two centuries later. For it is to him that the name of
the Creole blues-rock band founded in 2018 by Baptiste Brondy (drums), Rafgee
(bassophone) and Pascal Danaë, a multi-instrumentalist and singer who has
previously worked with Gilberto Gil, Peter Gabriel, Youssou N'Dour, Neneh
Cherry, Morcheeba, Manu Katché, Laurent Voulzy a...
