After years of disruption, live music concerts returned to Port-au-Prince for the end-of-year season, drawing large crowds ...

Jones Pierre had typically celebrated Haitian Independence Day with his wife at their home eating soup joumou, a meal enslaved people in Haiti were forbidden from eating, to honor the day Jean-Jacques ...

TAMPA, Fla. — The diverse communities in Tampa Bay have exposed residents to several dance genres including salsa, hip hop and modern. During Black History Month, there’s another genre and dance style ...

Port-au-Prince (EFE).- In nightclubs across Haiti’s capital, people continue to gather cautiously to dance konpa, a traditional Haitian music and dance style, defying widespread insecurity just days ...

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. PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti — Compas, a beloved ...

In his album “Some Days I’m Good, Some Days I’m Not,” Philly-born music artist, Fridayy, honors his Haitian heritage and ...

For the first time, a nonprofit that serves Spokane’s Haitian community, is combining its New Year’s celebration with Haitian Independence Day.

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, ...

From the bars of the capital Port-au-Prince to Haiti’s most remote villages and its worldwide diaspora, people listen and dance to the sensual rhythms of compas. This musical source of pride among ...

Authorities in Massachusetts charged two Haitian men with SNAP program fraud amounting to over $7 million on Wednesday. The suspects, 74-year-old Antonio Bonheur and 21-year-old Saul Alisme, each face ...

A marcher walks ahead of of the large crowd of about 3,500 North Miami residents, and members of the South Florida Haitian community as they joined Haitians across the United States and the world ...