A month after igniting the crowd at Miami’s Compas Festival, Haitian konpa star Richard Cave and his band KAI delivered another electrifying performance on Friday, June 20, at “Sounds of Little Haiti.
Since 1955, Haiti has offered the world a uniquely danceable and infectiously sexy music known as compas, konpa, and kompa. The Kreyol language has only been standardized in written form since 1979, ...
In his album “Some Days I’m Good, Some Days I’m Not,” Philly-born music artist, Fridayy, honors his Haitian heritage and gives fans a taste of Haitian Konpa. Today, producer and artist Fridayy ...
Miami’s Haitian Compas Festival has endured it all through the years. It has bounced between venues, staved off competition, tried being a two-day event and has seen its celebrations dampen by rain ...
Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... With May marking Haitian Heritage Month, Haiti’s iconic sound, Konpa, has become so popular that it’s now blending with styles like Afrobeats and soul music ...
Michael Benjamin, a Haitian recording artist known by his stage name of “Mikaben,” died Saturday while performing in Paris with the Haitian konpa band CaRiMi, the Miami Herald reported. He was 41.