By Moses St Louis What happens when two of Haitian music’s most talked-about women share one bill, with bands built around them, and an two bands led by two talented females? That’s the promise behind the Valentine’s Day show featuring  Anie Alerte with Zile  and  Ruthshelle Guillaume with RG Band . For many fans, it already feels different from the usual concert formula where a male-led band carries the night and a female artist appears as a guest. The date matters too. Vale

By Kennia S. Lucien Some people treat February 14 like a cute idea. I never could. As a  Valentine baby , I grew up feeling like love deserved a real moment on the calendar, not just a last-minute dinner reservation. In New York, winter doesn’t care about your plans. It’s dark early, trains run slow, and storms show up without warning. Still, year after year, I chose the same thing: I showed up for love on February 14, on purpose, even when it was inconvenient. This is the si

By Haitianbeatz Turn on Haitian Facebook pahges, scroll YouTube, or check TikTok and Instagram, and you’ll see the same names pop up again and again: Fatima, Bedjine, Anie Alerte, Rutshelle Guillaume, Darline Desca, Vanessa Désiré, Esther Surpris… etc. For a while, it felt like the music and the headlines were tied together. A lot of fans noticed a pattern. When male artists clash, it’s loud in public, but things can calm down fast behind the scenes. With many female artists,

By Moses St Louis What happens to a community’s culture when the people who create it are pushed into uncertainty? Right now,  Haitian TPS  is set to expire on Feb. 3, unless a federal judge puts an injunction in place. That date has been hanging over families, workplaces, and neighborhoods for months, but it hit me in a different way while attending an immigration forum hosted by Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries and Congresswoman Yvette Clarke, alongside a delegation of New Y

By Haitianbeatz You’ve seen the scene. A Haitian writes a post in French, makes one small spelling mistake, or pronounces a word “wrong,” and the comments turn into a public trial. People don’t just correct, they mock. They quote rules. They question the person’s education. Sometimes they even question their worth. Then, in the same spaces, English mistakes pass with a shrug. And Haitian Creole (Kreyòl) writing, which many people were never taught in school, gets treated like

By Moses St Louis What happens when a konpa band known for big vocals and tight grooves steps onto one of New York City’s most famous stages on Valentine’s Day? You get  “Konpa en Symphony” , an encore performance that’s already pulling fans from across the tri-state area to the Theater at Madison Square Garden on February 14. After the first “Konpa an Symphony” in Boston, Nu Look is bringing the idea to the Big Apple, inside the Theater at MSG (often called the world’s great