Born December 9th, 1992, Michel Alexandre Martelly (“Sandro”) is a Haitian artist specializing in Caribbean Soul mixed with Haitian KoNpa. Growing up in a family of artists, he was involved in music production and performance from a very young age, mainly following in his Fathers, “Sweet Micky”, footsteps. Sandro produced and released his first single […]

” Zin ” with the release of their first album, Fem Vole, clearly brought a new tempo to Haitian music. Zin front line in the transition of “Nouvelle the Generation” of Konpa at a time when the genre was at a standstill. The idea to create a very high caliber Konpa music band came from […]

Born Pierre Féquière Joseph, on October 17, 1937 in Terrier-Rouge, “Gros Monsieur” adopted the name Giordany given by his godfather, Jolicoeur Joseph. He made it his stage name, his artist name. Like many stars, he exercised his talent in the church choir and shone in a theatrical performance as the main actor in the role […]

Barikad Crew (BC) is a trailblazing hip-hop group originating from Bas Peu d’Chose (BPC), a neighborhood in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. Founded in 2002, the group was formed when young artists from different local crews decided to join forces and overcome the “barikad” (obstacles) they faced as individual MCs. Their collaboration not only brought them success but […]

Carimi was a popular Haitian Compas band assembled in New York in 2002. Carlo Vieux, Richard Cavé and Mikael Guirand who had Carimi  is a Haitian kompa music group founded on July 20, 2001. The three members are: Carlo Vieux, Richard Cavé and Mickael Guirand. The name of the trio was obtained by joining the first two […]

Trumpet player, Ken Watters is an accomplished jazz musician. He recorded and released four jazz cds under the label Summit Records, all of which made the top 50 on the U.S. jazz charts between 1999 and 2003. Ken has also performed and recorded with the like of Frank Sinatra, Clarence Carter, Eartha Kitt, Fred Wesley, […]

Andre Atkins graduated from Berklee College of Music in 1990. Prior to that he attended Shoreline Community College on a full tuition scholarship. He was a recipient of Berklee Achievement Scholarship. In addition, he won the Wind Player Magazine Scholarship for best performance, as well as the 1987 Washington State Best Classical Soloist Award. Upon […]

Reynald (Rey) Valme, who started his music career late in the 70’s, became a member of Tabou Combo in the early 80’s after it was agreed that Fanfan, the band’s congas player then was to join Shoubou up front. Reynald had played with DP Express, Caribbean Sextet, and Jimmy Buffet.