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, ...

Fondé en 2001 par trois copains, Carlo Vieux, Richard Cavé et Mickael Guirand, le groupe Carimi a fait rayonner la musique haïtienne - plus particulièrement le konpa - sur la scène internationale. Six ...

This Friday is the last chance for fans in the United States to catch the reunion of one of Haiti’s most popular Konpa bands, Carimi. The band, which broke up in 2016, reunited two years ago to ...

On any given night, a Haitian singer somewhere is transforming a crowded dance floor into a courting session, cajoling fans of konpa to move to an easygoing beat. But for one day during Haitian ...

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Au milieu des années 50, Haïti a vu naître l’un des rythmes les plus populaires des Antilles francophones : le compas, précurseur du zouk. Parmi ses dignes représentants, Tabou Combo, localisé à New ...

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 ...

Ce devait être une soirée de fête pour la musique haïtienne. Six ans après leur séparation, les membres de Carimi s’étaient donné rendez-vous soir à l’Accor Arena de Bercy à Paris pour célébrer les ...

1ère partie : Actualité musicale des Caraïbes avec les ITW de l’artiste guadeloupéen Medhy Custos (15 octobre 2013) et le groupe haïtien Carimi (10 avril 2014). Si vous souhaitez envoyer vos chansons ...

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 ...