For a second year in a row, rara parades in Léogâne are officially banned due to insecurity. Still, bands continue performing ...

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 ...

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A Haitian band is returning to Portsmouth next week to help raise money for a school in Haiti, according to a community announcement. Kandjanwou Rara — one of the few Rara bands based in New England — ...

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — 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, ...

Haitian star Emeline Michel, who rose to global fame in the late ’80s with guitar-driven, socially conscious songs, tells why ...

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 ...

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 ...

FILE - Andre "Dadou" Pasquet, left, sings and plays guitar with the Magnum compas band during a practice session in North Miami, Fla. Thursday, May 8, 2008. (AP Photo ...