Magic-kompa, a live haitian band base here in Atlanta, GA with 7 musicians. In the summer of 1999, the band came together with simple and sincere goal, to create an authentic blend of Kompa music to ...

Tabou Combo has one of the most revered funk breakdowns in all of musicland. And between the voudou beats, big soul horns, salsa turns, merengue runs, and rockin’ drums, this band is the most eclectic ...

(CNN)-- Few people can forget the moment quake victim Anna Zizi, 69, was dragged from the rubble, singing at the top of her voice, her face caked in dirt and debris. Amidst the heartache and anguish ...

"I just had a class, and all 25 women asked, 'Where are the guys?' We need more men. My Gs, you need to come through," Michael O'Brian Kibe, a certified Kompa instructor, says in one of the many ...

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti — Compas, a beloved Haitian music and dance genre inspired by merengue and infused with percussion, made UNESCO’s cultural heritage list on Wednesday. The syncopated rhythm, ...

Montreal has long been a refuge for Haitian exiles. Of all the African and Caribbean populations in this chilly Canadian city--and there are many--Haiti is the oldest and largest. So it's no surprise ...

Every Tuesday night for 15 years now, lovers of Haitian culture gather under strobe lights at a Lower East Side rooftop lounge to dance to kompa music from a variety of DJs. But there is a lot more ...

Long before I had the language to decipher the music I liked and the music I couldn't stand, kompa ballads were already swirling in my head and commanding the rooms I walked into–banquet halls full of ...