Haiti Music Video

Miami native and Haitian-American Cécile Mc Lorin Salvant is a jazz singer, whose emergence onto the music scene has created a stir. Born of French-Haitian parents, she resided in Paris, France, for a period, where she studied jazz improvisation and landed a spot as lead vocalist with her initial band.

Returning to America, she entered the Thelonious Monk jazz-singing competition and won it, creating further buzz about her preternatural vocal talent. Two years later, Salvant has released her first CD, WomanChild.

Cécile Mc Lorin Salvant - Le front caché sur tes genoux

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Carole Demesmin, whose father, Mozart Demesmin, is a composer, began life in Léogâne, Haiti, but grew up in Port-au-Prince, New York, and Boston. Life was hard for her, being nearly the only black Haitian in Boston. She endured a close call with some knife-wielding thugs but emerged unharmed.

After she matriculated, she began classes at the elite Berklee School of Music, earning her degree in 1979. Returning to Haiti, she rose to prominence as an influential music artist during the 80s. At this time, a renaissance was occurring in Haitian music, a return to roots music that encouraged drawing from Haitian folklore for its essence.

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After the success recorded after the release of "Gon jan Pou Ye", "Ou Se Melodo", "Fanm Sa Marew" and Koute Kem", the young musical group Gabel is back with another hit song. This time, it is called: "Li Renmenm". After the long time wait, this new song was presented in a nice, professionally made music video.

Now that it has been released, it is your turn to rate it. Please take the time to watch the new music video from Gabel carefully and share your impression of the song with the rest of the visitors.

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A collection of Haitian activists, including well-known artists, are petitioning the government to not hold the Carnival of Flowers (COF) on dates July 28th or 29th. The dates they say are an affront to the dignity of Haitians. July 28th signifies the date of the U.S. Occupation, which lasted 19 years. July 29th, a more ominous date, is when Dictator, François Duvalier, began using death squads, the Tonton Macoutes, to hunt down, abduct, and kill citizens, suspected of criticizing his repressive policies.

The activists want to stop COF because it does not make a profit. The money spent on COF would be better applied to holding elections, they contend. But they also equivocate, saying on the one hand, don't hold COF on these dates, but then ask for COF to be cancelled altogether. Yet they suggest the government hold the festivities privately, so as not to upset the rest of the population that mourns not only the 1915 Occupation, but also the current UN Occupation, which has also lasted 19 years.

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Haitian descendants are Cuba's largest ethnic minority. This is exactly what creates the story of The Creole Choir of Cuba. The Creole Choir of Cuba is percussion and vocal group that is known for performing songs related to social change, faith and history in Caribbean. The group consists of four men and six women. The songs sung by this group are in tribute to the migrations made by their ancestors.

The Creole Choir Of Cuba: NPR Music Tiny Desk Concert

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A hybrid of the Symphonia Trio and the Septentrional Quartet, the current Septentrional Orchestra, or Septen, as they are lovingly called by fans, began as a one-off collaboration to create a dance which would generate income. The success of this venture saw the two groups and their two guests permanently joined in July of 1948. Their continued domination of the music scene in Haiti, and its far-reaching Diaspora, makes them one of the most influential musical groups in Haitian music.

Marie jose, Orchestre Septentrional D'haiti:

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Arguably one of the most famous mini jazz bands of the 1970's and 1980's, Les Difficiles de Petion-Ville's journey through Haitian music history has been, well, a difficult one. Founded in 1966 by Henry Celestin and Robert Martino, the band took its name from the city and its sound from the streets. Their first album, Ce La Vie was released in the turn of the new decade, and the band experienced a rise in their popularity. At the same time, tensions within the unit began to rise as well.

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Jude Jean is the quintessential prince of music who earned himself the reputation of a singer who has mastered the skill of missing the train to fame-boulevard! Yes, that is true! Despite his filtered and imposing voice, this tall, charming and handsome and extremely talented signer never had an upward rising success trajectory. Jude Jean made his first appearance in 2000 in a group called K-Dans.

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The group is now defunct but it was the debut platform for Jude along with Carlo Vieux and Richard Cave who later moved to New York and formed CaRiMi. After Carlo and Richard left K-Dans, Jude Jean became the lead singer and K-Dans released a few albums with music that were unmistakably sweet. However, these albums did not really enter the hall of fame but they definitely gave Jude an international recognition.

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Anbyans is a group which is well known for honoring its contracts in every corner of Dominican Republic and Haiti. As a part of their reputation, the Anbyans informed its rabid music lovers that the group would take part, on 18th May, 2013, in 15th Annual Haitian Compas Festival that was to be held at Downtown Miami. Anbyans officials made the announcement on 15th of March, 2013 at Cafe Trio. The announcement was made by Zagalo during Djakout #1/Anbyans dance tandem.

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Olivier Martelly's family has an unbroken tradition and this is clear from the fact that Olivier is following his father's footsteps. Martelly has been traditionally a popular name in the world of music business. For over 40 years, Olivier's family has an unbroken tradition of the culture of Haiti, which includes names like Sweet Micky, Richard Morse and Candio. By creating the band called BIG O, it appears that the oldest son of Micky is following the footsteps left by his father.

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