Haitian Bands Tabou Combo, Rafrechi at Benefits Tonight was originally published on Black Plastic Bag on Jan. 22, 2010, at 9:40 a.m. What makes two of tonight’s local Haiti benefits unique? They both ...

Tabou Combo is one of the biggest bands to come out of Haiti. They're celebrating just over 50 years of being what they call the “ambassadors of konpa.” They've taken their infectious blend of Haitian ...

Haitian dance band Tabou Combo has come a long way since starting out as Los Incognitos in Petionville, Haiti, in 1968. After moving to New York City in the '70s, Yvon "Kapi" Andre and the rest of the ...

The year was 1983, and Jacob Desvarieux was on tour with his French-Caribbean party band in Haiti when inspiration hit. Sitting inside a Port-au-Prince hotel, the singer-guitarist took pen to paper ...

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Founded as a Red Cross benefactor and formed the day after Haiti's devastating Jan. 12 earthquake, the nonprofit New Orleans Haitian Relief Task Force turns its attention to second-wave education and ...

TABOU COMBO, legendary Haitian “kompa" band (featuring, among others, trumpeter/Summit recording artist Ken Watters) has been invited to the “World Isles Music Festival" which will take place in ...

Haitian band Tabou Combo, arguably Haiti's #1 export, will perform an already sold-out show at The Olympia Theatre in Paris on Sunday, September 30. Tabou Combo's horn section includes trumpeters Ken ...

What makes two of tonight’s local Haiti benefits unique? They both feature Haitian bands. Konpa combo Rafrechi is hosting a charity event at Kahler Hall in Columbia, Md., with donations going to the ...

New Orleans Ernest N. Morial Convention Center, 900 Convention Center Blvd., 582-3000; www.mccno.com Founded as a Red Cross benefactor and formed the day after Haiti's devastating Jan. 12 earthquake, ...