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 however the band remained booked throughout the duration of the summer.
Haiti host Carifesta for its 12th annual festival.
Objectives of Carifesta
- Reaffirm the importance of the arts as a unifying force in building a wholesome society
- Deepen awareness and knowledge among peoples of the Caribbean Region of the cultural aspirations of their neighbours by exposing them to each other’s culture through creative activity
- Develop the content of our regional culture as well as its aesthetic forms
- Foster maximum people participation in the culture and in the arts of the region
- Inspire organisation of on-going activities such as local festivals, thus constantly improving standards
Courtesy Carifesta
Katalog of Gabel releases new single “My Life My Story.” The song’s release comes days after Katalog posted the picture of a bottle of Ciroc and a can of Dole’s pineapple juice on his Instagram page. Someone on social media recognized the photo from P-Diddy’s own Instagram page and the photos went viral.
September Top Headlines
The 48th Annual West Indian American Day Carnival is held on Eastern Parkway. CaRiMi and Djakout #1 represented Haiti.
October Top Headlines
Dat7 held its press conference in their hometown in Florida after being ridiculed by the media for having their first press conference in
Haiti.
November Top Headlines
Media personality, Fred Pinard passes away on November 1st2015, Fred passed away at home leaving behind countless family members and friends. His wake was held on Friday, November, 13th at Our Lady of Refuge Church in Brooklyn, NY where he was a parishioner and active member. His funeral was held the next day at the same location.
The industry learns of Rap icon and member of the popular 90s Haitian rap group King Posse, Black Alex died. Black Alex died on Friday 13th 2015, just two weeks after being admitted to l’Hôpital de la Communauté Haïtienne. He was 39 years old.
December Top Headlines
Haitian Music Industry woke up buzzing when Kompa Magazine released a message he received from CaRiMi’s lead singer, Mickael Guirand announcing his temporary departure from the band.
Steeve Khé announced his resignation from the band, Djakout #1 after two years of service. Steeve didn’t make a clear indication as to if he would be joining another band but in the weeks following the announcement, he’s been in talks with diSip and now is currently touring with Gracia Delva’s Mass Konpa.
Biggest Comeback of 2015.
X-Tassy although they’ve been some changes in the lineup; we first heard of them back in 2009 with their first single Secret Lover but, it wasn’t until 2015 did they actually released their studio album Motivation. X-Tassy has enjoyed some of the best pairing in the industry. They’ve played with KLASS, Kreyol La, Nu Look, Harmonik, Djakout #1 and more.
Kdans In recent years we haven’t heard Kdans as often as we would like in the United States all that changed in 2015
Breakups:
Nu Look & Doff Chancy.
Kenny Desmanagles & Zenglen
Steeve Khe & Djakout #
Mickael Guirand & CaRiMi
Reginald Cange & Zenglen
Dano Eugene & diSip, Zenglen
Clemay and Zenglen
Polo & DOLA
Rutshelle & Roody
Make Ups:
Harmonik and Noel & Cecibon
Clemay and Zenglen
Mickael Guirand & CaRiMi
Money G & 5 Etwal
Reginald Cange – Fasil
