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Ralph Boncy describes himself as an ardent lover of music. Ask him what his favorite band is, and he’ll tell you he has none. He is simply a discoverer and rediscover of music. And a songwriter. And a composer. And…
How to describe the musical style of the artist Wesli Louissaint? It’s a little bit of world, it’s a little bit of roots embedded in funk. Born in Haiti, Wesli is the leader of Wesli Band, and is currently based…
Joel Janis, the leader of the band world pop band Jjanice +, finds it hard to conceal his glee over the fact that the band has released a six-song EP entitled Pierrot Couleur. Janis’ musical bandmates include Sarah Mk (background…
James Vergneaud’s stage name Rebel Layonn is pronounced Rebel Lion—lion as in the king of the forest. Vergneaud says it’s fitting because the lion is his astrological sign, and his cultural consciousness pushed him to adopt the Creole phonetics for…
If Gifrants were talking to someone who just had an inkling about Haitian music, and had to introduce them to recordings that he felt captured the essence of what Haitian music is all about, he would know exactly where to…
> Every Jean has a second first name. Jean Appolon’s is Josué, like Joshua. Like that Biblical character, he’s dauntless and like dancer-choreographer Alvin Ailey who came before him, Appolon has a flair for creating spectacular pieces, deeply rooted in…
Ask singer Beethova Obas about his childhood and the inevitable images of his father Charles emerge like musical notes in his mind. He pictures himself dancing while while his father skillfully plays an accordion. In addition to playing that instrument,…
The comedian who fans know as Sejoe is a native Brooklynite who was raised in Haiti. Sejoe moved back to the USA in the early 2000s to finish high school. Surprisingly, the humor man’s first career track was medicine; he…
P-Jay! His very name conjures up an image of a tall, baby-faced figure sporting dark sunglasses. His voice is smooth, like the surface of a well-peeled orange or a newly-polished coffee table. He exudes confidence without coming across as especially…
Putting photographer Olivier Duong in a box is as futile counting sand at a Caribbean beach. The photographer is practically impossible to categorize. On one hand, he’s an artistic photographer, the sort who will travel to the streets of Port-au-Prince…