Meet the hometown konpa bands from Fort Liberté, Gonaïves, and Port-de-Paix who kept Haiti dancing for decades.

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 ...

Kandjanwou Rara, a Haitian music group, will perform at 3S ArtSpace in Portsmouth on April 4th to raise funds for the Eben Ezer School in Milot, Haiti. The event marks the first time Rara music, a ...

Haitian Heritage Month, Michaël Brun, Michaël Brun BAYO, BAYO Barclays Center, Haitian music, Haitian Konpa theGrio.com This Haitian Heritage Month, we’re highlighting Haitian Konpa with producer ...

Turn on your favorite urban contemporary Miami radio station and you will hear a rotation of hip-hop, dancehall, reggaeton and Afrobeats, the fast-rising music set to percussive African beats with a ...

Kidnapping for ransom has quickly become a multi-million-dollar business for armed gangs roaming the slums of Haiti's capital city, Port-au-Prince. After being released, many kidnapping victims leave ...

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti >> 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, and territory ...

American sisters Lunise and Talie Cerin will premiere MIWA, an immersive film and music experience, as the first production ...

Roseline Benjamin was sketching out a plan on promoting peace in Haiti among the country’s youth when she turned to her youngest son, saw the sadness in his eyes, and asked him to come join her “to ...

Early Monday morning brought snow to the area and by late morning a tropical breeze blew in from Haiti to the Clark State Performing Arts Center. It was where several kindergarten through third-grade ...

While some Worcester residents went to work or school on the morning of May 17, Daphnee Alerte spent her morning with some of her closest friends as they danced, marched and sung in the city’s ...