The New York Times

POP AND JAZZ GUIDE

Published: July 20, 2001

* RICHARD AUGUSTIN WITH ÉMELINE MICHEL, MARCÉ ET TUMPAK, Midsummer Night Swing, Lincoln Center Plaza, xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx. Coupé Cloué led one of Haiti's top compas bands, mixing playful lasciviousness with the insinuating compas groove. The band leader Richard Augustin has put together a homage to Cloué featuring Émeline Michel, a Haitian singer with a dusky, sensual voice. Marcé et Tumpak, from Martinique, shares the bill with its percussion-centered, rootsy form of French-Caribbean zouk. Tonight, with dance lessons at 6:30 and live music beginning at 7:30; $12 (Pareles).