A month after igniting the crowd at Miami's Compas Festival, Haitian konpa star Richard Cave and his band KAI delivered ...

The month’s biggest event, the Haitian Compas Festival, for example, downsized to a smaller venue this year from Bayfront Park to The NoMi Village in North Miami.

The Haitian Compas Festival is back, offering a lively weekend filled with music, food, and art. Since it began, the festival has become a key event in the Haitian music scene, ...

The kickoff event, honoring this year’s women of excellence, marked the start of the 27th annual Haitian Compas Festival at NoMI Village in North Miami Saturday.

The Republican presidential ticket began spewing the racist dribble in September after an unconfirmed Facebook post alleged that a Haitian woman in Springfield, Ohio — a town home to ...

Compas celebrated its 69th anniversary on July 26. This musical style was created by Haitian saxophonist and guitarist Nemours Jean Baptiste in 1955 during the first concert of his group, Orchester ...

Through COMPAS, Saint Juste integrates Haitian and Afro-Caribbean konpa and kizomba dance styles, Creole language and folklore into educational programs at schools, libraries and recreational ...

A program that serves 400 Haitian children keeps them safe indoors amid gang violence w… ‘When I play drums, I feel proud’: How music inspires hope in Haiti - CSMonitor.com - CSMonitor.com ...

Haitian musical traditions range from rara to compas to mizik rasin, or roots music. The program’s teachers and students decide together what music they’ll play, picking from genres that ...

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — Woodberson Seïde held his stepsister’s hand as they walked through Haiti ‘s capital on their way to an afterschool music program. They avoided cars, motorcycles ...