Haitian music keeps me in touch with life, real life and my heritage. It reminds me of the basics and the most important things. While we are all rushing around from day to day it is too easy to get wrapped up in 'getting it all' done and we forget to get in touch with ourselves and with each other often enough.

Haitian music takes us away and provides the ultimate escape for the soul - a renewal, and its free for the taking. We all need to take advantage of what it offers on a daily basis to stay in touch with 'life'.
Have a good day - and take some time out today to be embraced some “bon konpa!!”

Haitian music moves me in many ways but the most memorable experience I have had was (eyes closed, sitting in an armchair) listening to a particular piece of Ti manno's marriage interet. At one point the string section builds up to a high note which is so exquisitely haunting and sad that tears streamed down my face.

Most of the time Haitian music makes me glad to be alive, but I suppose this experience was more memorable because the emotion was so powerful. Haitian music feeds my soul in ways I can't even begin to explain. If you know what I mean, then you are truly blessed too.