Seven stories on the genres, traditions and festivals behind Haitian music: Raboday, Rasin, Rara, Rap Kreyòl, Twoubadou, Kanaval and Gospel.
Raboday is Haiti’s electronic-flavoured dance sound: fast, percussion-driven and aimed at the street.
Read story →Rasin, or “roots”, music began in the 1970s when Haitian musicians blended Vodou ceremonial and folk music with rock and jazz, something that could only be done to a…
Read story →Rara is Haiti’s great street procession.
Read story →Rap Kreyòl began in the early 1980s with Master Dji (George Lys Hérard, born 1961).
Read story →Twoubadou is Haiti’s guitar-led tradition of song and storytelling.
Read story →Kanaval is both Haiti’s pre-Lenten celebration and a musical tradition created for its streets.
Read story →Haitian gospel, often called mizik levanjil or mizik evanjelik, encompasses Christian songs, choral performance and contemporary praise and worship.
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