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07-27-2016, 07:13 PM
Haitian band uplifts stranded passengers on 6-hour delayed airplane
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It's hard to make being trapped on a delayed airplane less miserable.
However, a free concert doesn't hurt.
When a flight out of Chicago's O'Hare Airport was delayed for six terrible hours, passengers luckily had the Haitian band Lakou Mizik (https://www.facebook.com/LakouMizik/) on board to entertain them with some uplifting songs.
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Lakou Mizik is a multigenerational Haitian collective of musicians that formed after the tragic 2010 earthquake (http://mashable.com/2015/01/12/haiti-earthquake-five-year-anniversary/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial) in Haiti.*
According to their Facebook page (https://www.facebook.com/LakouMizik/), Lakou Mizik blends "Troubadou, Vodou, Rara and Rap into a deeply danceable bouyon of modern roots music."* Read more... (http://mashable.com/2016/07/27/delayed-airplane-uplifting-concert/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
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It's hard to make being trapped on a delayed airplane less miserable.
However, a free concert doesn't hurt.
When a flight out of Chicago's O'Hare Airport was delayed for six terrible hours, passengers luckily had the Haitian band Lakou Mizik (https://www.facebook.com/LakouMizik/) on board to entertain them with some uplifting songs.
SEE ALSO: African teen's Celine Dion cover will make your heart go on (http://mashable.com/2016/07/25/african-teens-celine-dion-cover/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
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Lakou Mizik is a multigenerational Haitian collective of musicians that formed after the tragic 2010 earthquake (http://mashable.com/2015/01/12/haiti-earthquake-five-year-anniversary/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial) in Haiti.*
According to their Facebook page (https://www.facebook.com/LakouMizik/), Lakou Mizik blends "Troubadou, Vodou, Rara and Rap into a deeply danceable bouyon of modern roots music."* Read more... (http://mashable.com/2016/07/27/delayed-airplane-uplifting-concert/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
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