Wesli
Montreal singer-songwriter of Haitian origin — global music in his blood, from the drums of Haiti to the world's stages.
Biography
Wesli — Wesley Louissaint — is a singer-songwriter and guitarist born in Haiti and based in Montreal. His music brings Haitian traditions — vodou, rara, Banda, Petro, Nago, Congo and Yanvalou rhythms — into dialogue with reggae, soul and world music, sung in Creole, French and English.
In 2019, the album “Rapadou Kreyol” earned him the ADISQ Album of the Year Félix, the JUNO Award for World Music Album of the Year and a Charles Cros Academy prize. From Montreal, his home base, he tours stages and festivals with one conviction: Haitian music is world music, and it is meant to be shared.
On November 4, 2026, at MTELUS in Montreal, his seventh album “Makaya” (24 tracks, released November 18, 2025) won the Album of the Year — Global Music Félix at the ADISQ Premier Gala: his second Félix. In Kikongo, “Makaya” means “leaf”, a symbol of healing, purification and renewal.
Distinctions and benchmarks
Album of the Year — Global Music Félix, ADISQ 2026, for “Makaya” · 2019 Félix for “Rapadou Kreyol” · 2019 JUNO Award — World Music Album of the Year · 2019 Charles Cros Academy prize
Upcoming dates
- Friday November 20, 2026 — Soirée OFF Mundial — Mundial Montréal 2026 — 21 h 30 · Club Balattou, Montréal (Canada) — Official page ↗
Public dates — collected from the artist's official channels on November 9, 2026.
Discography
“Rapadou Kreyol” (2019) · “Makaya” (2025) — seventh album, 24 tracks
On the Poster — their dates
- Saturday, November 7, 2026 — Théâtre des Prés, Saint-Germain-de-Kamouraska (Quebec)
- Friday, November 20, 2026 — Club Balattou, Montreal (Quebec) — his showcase in the Mundial Montréal OFF, with Taigenz, Joyce N'Sana and Lydol — presented by Wes Urban Productions
- Friday, November 20, 2026 — Mundial OFF Showcase “Écouter le Nouveau Monde”, Montreal — Read the Festival TV article