Dro X Yani are the sons of Michel “Sweet Micky” Martelly, musician and former President of Haiti. They have been increasingly evolving and building upon the sound of Haitian Kompa …
Watch Preservation Hall Jazz Band perform on World Cafe
Ben Jaffe plays bass and tuba, and is the creative director of the Preservation Hall Jazz Band. Jaffe is featured in the documentary, Kanaval: Haitian Music & the Music of …
Listen to a playlist curated by novelist Madison Smartt Bell
In 2009, novelist Madison Smartt Bell curated a Haitian music playlist for The New York Times. Bell is known for a trilogy of books about Toussaint Louverture and the Haitian …
Exploring the parade route of kanaval in New Orleans
As part of a series about Kanaval, produced by New Orleans based producer Eve Abrams for WWNO, Abrams – who was a producer on the team that produced the Kanaval …
Kanaval Imitates Life by Nathalie Cerin
Every year, right after Christmas, bands in Haiti – popular and unpopular – across genres begin releasing their Kanaval song or mereng in time for Carnival celebration. Every year, we …
Listen: Folk Music In Haiti
Released in 1961 on Folkways Records, Music of Haiti: Vol. 1, Folk Music of Haiti is an exquisite collection of Haitian folk music field recordings from the mountain villages of …
Watch singer-songwriter Talie’s new video for “Limyè”
Singer-songwriter Nathalie Cerin, who performs music as Talie, is a contributor to the Kanaval: Haitian Rhythms & the Music of New Orleans project. She’s featured in the documentary, which will …
Leyla McCalla’s interview with WHYY’s Morning Edition host Jennifer Lynn
Haitian American singer and songwriter Leyla McCalla hosts the documentary, Kanaval: Haitian Rhythms & the Music of New Orleans. McCalla was born in New York, raised in Maplewood, New Jersey, …
Bruce Sunpie Barnes on the cultural traditions indigenous to New Orleans and Haiti
Bruce Sunpie Barnes is a veteran musician, park ranger, actor, former high school biology teacher, former college football All-American, and former NFL player (Kansas City Chiefs). Sunpie is also deeply …
Watch: Haiti Cultural Exchange presents a tribute to Toto Bissainthe
On February 7th, 2020. the Haiti Cultural Exchange presented Pa Bliye | Toto Bissainthe, a multi-media exhibition and concert benefiting the Exchange, in partnership with Fondation Haiti Jazz. The event …