Thousands of Haitian and Caribbean music fans are expected for South Florida's annual Haitian Compas Festival. The French-Caribbean band Kassav will make a rare Florida appearance at the Saturday ...
The year was 1983, and Jacob Desvarieux was on tour with his French-Caribbean party band in Haiti when inspiration hit. Sitting inside a Port-au-Prince hotel, the singer-guitarist took pen to paper ...
The blocks around Church and Nostrand have two stories to tell about Haitians in New York these days. There’s the stuff that’s easy to see and celebrate: Record shops stocked with zouk and compas, and ...