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Beaubrun Louis Pascal Juanitho (“Wanito”) is our latest artist and PeaceTones is so excited to be able to share his music with you!
Wanito is a superbly talented musician from Port-au-Prince, who won a contest PeaceTones ran in Haiti last summer with his original music. Wanito’s music is a unique blend of acoustic guitar, [...]
Read more →In the summer of 2010, PeaceTones held a seminar in Port-au-Prince to educate Haitian artists on their legal rights and on using technology and social networking to improve the visibility and commercial viability of their music internationally.
Artists that attended the seminar were then eligible for PeaceTones’ Haiti Sings competition, an online contest where the [...]
Read more →Featuring local artists from Balan, a community of 20,000 in rural northern Haiti, these songs are about faith, hope, and hardship. Bands and choral groups from all parts of town came out to support their community and share their music.
RESPE: Ayiti, a Tufts student-led initiative has been in partnership with the community [...]
Read more →Comprised of several popular artists from Freetown, the PeaceTones Sierra Leone compilation features the voices of activists and artists. A mixture of reggae, hip-hop and synth beats melded with Sierra Leonean rhythms, these songs address contemporary issues within Sierra Leone and Africa today. For example, “Africa Unite” by the artist Alonzo raises serious [...]
Read more →Ato Periférico, or “Act from the Outside” is a group of young performers from the favelas of Recife, Brazil. A mixture of hip-hop, rap, break-dance and capoeira, this multi-talented group writes, records, and choreographs original music and performances.
The Ato Periférico CD is available in partnership with Shine A Light, an international non-profit [...]
Read more →I recently returned from an amazing and productive week in Haiti. While there are many details to recount, I thought I would share with you the day I met with all of our musicians and some of the encounters I made.
On my first full day in Haiti, I met all five finalists from our [...]
Read more →You can view Claudio’s original blog post here: http://lusotunes.blogspot.com/2011/03/caipirinha-lounge-peacetones-introduce.html
You’ve never heard of him, and neither has virtually anyone outside of Haiti, or even in Haiti for that matter. Nor is Wanito a Lusophone artist. His story however and that of the organization who ‘found’ him is one worth sharing. Enter PeaceTones, a [...]
Read more →Listen to Wanito’s Album Sampler
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What is PeaceTones
The Peacetones Initiative supports talented, unknown artists from developing nations in building their careers while giving back to their communities. We train our artists on their legal rights and marketing techniques, and distribute their work internationally.
Ninety percent of album sales go to the musicians and their community’s development goal.
Peacetones operates in several countries with three compilation albums and one solo album available for purchase in our store!
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