Since 1955, Haiti has offered the world a uniquely danceable and infectiously sexy music known as compas, konpa, and kompa. The Kreyol language has only been standardized in written form since 1979, ...

As much as Afro-Cuban rhythms are a part of Miami's musical heritage, so is Haitian Compas music. The genre is credited to 1950s saxophonist Nemours Jean-Baptiste, who incorporated brass into a wide ...

Haitian Compas Festival is one of the highlights of Haitian Heritage Month. Bryan Cereijo Bryan Cereijo May is Haitian Heritage Month. In South Florida that means the return of non-stop konpa music, ...

Music producer Rodney Noel was on his way back from Haiti when he began musing about a sold-out dance party he promoted weeks earlier at a Hallandale Beach nightclub. Featuring two of the most popular ...

MIAMI (WSVN) - Several local Haitian leaders were honored in downtown Miami at a special festival kick-off event. The Haitian Compas Festival on Thursday night celebrated 25 years with their Living ...

Rodney Noel was promoting artists in the Haitian music scene back in the 1990s when he and his business partner realized something was missing in Miami’s cultural landscape. There were outdoor ...

Chances are that if you live in Miami-Dade County, you have at one time or another heard the swirling, merengue-tinged rhythms emanating from homes in Caribbean neighborhoods or rising from strip ...

MIAMI (AP) — The Haitian Compas Festival is marking its 15th anniversary in Miami. Ten bands and four DJs are on Saturday’s line-up at Bayfront Park Amphitheatre in downtown Miami. The annual festival ...

Unlock access to every one of the hundreds of articles published daily on BroadwayWorld by logging in with one click. Both shows are part of the 19th Annual Compas Haitian Festival, taking place May ...