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Culture & History

The roots and stories behind Haitian and Afro-Caribbean music.

Woodcut-and-watercolour style illustration of a rara procession on a sunlit Haitian country road: musicians play long bamboo trumpets, a metal horn, a strapped drum and a scraper beneath bright flags, led by a baton twirler.

Culture & History

Haitian Rara: How a Lenten Procession Music Shaped Haiti’s Roots and Carnival Sound

Rara's hocketing bamboo trumpets, Lenten processions and pointed songs, and the specific, documented ways they crossed into Haitian popular music, from Jazz… October 12, 2026 · 12 min read Read Story →

Painted illustration of two facing bandstands in an open-air Caribbean dance pavilion, one draped in red with a saxophone, accordion and maracas, the other in blue with a saxophone, conga and cowbell.

Culture & History

Nemours Jean-Baptiste vs Webert Sicot: The Rivalry That Shaped Haitian Dance Music

From shared bandstands to the épòk polemik: how compas direct and cadence rampa, two star saxophonists and their fans shaped Haitian dance… October 12, 2026 · 12 min read Read Story →

Illustration of a 1960s Haitian mini-djaz band setup: two electric guitars, a conga, a cowbell on a floor tom, a hi-hat and an alto saxophone on a bandstand overlooking a hillside town at dusk.

Culture & History

The Mini-Djaz Revolution: How Young Haitian Bands Transformed Kompa

From yéyé combos to Tabou Combo's "New York City": how Haiti's small electric bands of the 1960s remade kompa and carried it… October 4, 2026 · 13 min read Read Story →

Gouyad couple in a close slow-dance embrace

Culture & History

What Is Gouyad? Meaning and Dance in Haitian Kompa

Gouyad is the hypnotic, hip-driven evolution of Haitian Kompa. Here is where it came from and why it owns the dance floor. June 30, 2026 · 7 min read Read Story →

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