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Album of the Year (established band) Djakout #1 – Lod Nan Dod Album of the Year (new band) Fresh Up – New Tatik Song of the Year (Compas) Libre D’aimer by Djakout #1 Female Artists of the Year Rutshelle Artists of the Year Steeve Khé Rap Kreyol Artists of the Year Baky Song of the Year (Rap Kreyol)/Chanson de l’année ( Rap Kreyol ) Fantom – Kitel fe Travay li Band/Artist Manager/Band Manager / de l’artiste Rene Devis – Karizma Music Producer of the Year/Producteur de musique de l’année Kenny Desmangles Band of the Year (Compas)/ Groupe de L’année(Compas) Klass…
Now that the Christmas trees are down, the ball have finally dropped, and we hope the soup joumou was epic; it’s time to take a trip down memory lane and revisit 2015 one last time in our traditional Year in Review. Anyone who’s familiar with this industry knows very well there’s never a dull moment in it and whenever it gets quiet that’s only because there’s a storm coming. 2015 started a little slow but really picked up momentum towards the end of the year where some of the biggest headlines were delivered. Here’s a timeline of the most…
July Top Headlines 509 announced their grand premiere making their comeback official. On July 17, 18 and 19th Montreal held a three day festival featuring some of the industry’s most prominent bands. Venus International Production announced the cancellation of its annual Labor Day Parade. The organizers stated the reason behind the cancellation was to regroup. Compas Direct celebrated its 60th year anniversary. No major event was planned to commemorate the occasion. August Top Headlines Bands Haiti tour starts to pick up momentum. CaRiMi however didn’t partake in the traditional Summer Haiti tour causing a lot of assumptions…
Those we lost in 2015 REST IN PEACE
The Haitian singer known as Beken, whose real name is Jean Prosper Dauphin, was rediscovered in 2010 amidst the rubble of earthquake-stricken Port-au-Prince. Photographer Simon Romero first heard a snippet of one of Beken’s songs through a car window and, despite not understanding the Kreyol lyrics, felt the artful melancholy perfectly captured the post-catastrophe mood. Romero eventually found Beken living in a camp for displaced persons in Pétionville’s Place Saint Pierre, enduring grief, shock, and severe deprivation like much of the city’s population. Despite these hardships, Beken’s spirit and voice remained strong. When producers Chris Donohue and David Macias of…
Dear Haitian Movie Industry, I just started watching Haitian movies and over the course of 1 year and about 54 movies in; I’ve really tried to find a movie that I can actually say was worthy of me watching and to my dismay I haven’t found the hit. A couple came close, but no bite. So I’ve come up with a list of suggestions that just might improve your productions. Please get qualified actors and actresses for your roles. I’m sure it’s cheaper to get your friends to play the roles, but having someone sound like they’re reading lines is…
From Brooklyn New York comes the artist Lil Haiti with his new hit single titled “The Wave” in which a quite popular dance that the song is about is now related with it. Similar to “Hit The Quan” this is “Hit The Wave” you can listen to the track above but below is a video that was put on WorldStar and went viral of two kids doing the dance from Lil Haiti’s new hit, “The Wave” who also features artist Kush Flo and is presented by TomG. Kush Flo is apart of the group The Bros which includes Lil Haiti,…
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The store formerly known as Antilles Mizik! January 3, 2009 by Adjae After 16 years of serving Haitian music lovers in Queens and Long Island, the house that Philippe Lavelanet built has shut its doors a week ago on the 28th of December. According to Lavelanet, the business is not lucrative enough to keep him around and the people in the business are too ungrateful to even encourage business people to stay the course. But here’s the good news: you will still be able to take a trip to Linden Boulevard and buy your CD’s!!! At least that is according…
Last night Klass and CaRiMi performed at Noel and Cecibon’s Christmas Fiesta’s event at Café Iguana in Pembroke Pines, Florida to a sold out crowd. MikaBen was also present with CaRiMi. According to sources; MikaBen has been given the green light to remain in the band for as long as he wants.