FolKompa is a sub-genre of Haitian Folk Music which combines elements of
Kompa, Affranchi; Kontradans: Méringue; Rara; Twoubadou: Konpa /Compas : Mini-jazz; Haitian rock (rock kreyòl: Mizik rasin (Roots music) and Rabôday.
Traditional instruments are:
drums, electric bass guitar, conga, guitars, gūiras, keyborard, vaksen (bamboo) Kòne, trumpets, Keyboards, Trumpet, Trombone, saxophones, backing track and vocals
FolKompa Musicians usually sing about society problems which include difficult topics such as poverty , their struggles/frustration or social disparities and are mostly done in French-Haitian Creole.
Kompa, Affranchi; Kontradans: Méringue; Rara; Twoubadou: Konpa /Compas : Mini-jazz; Haitian rock (rock kreyòl: Mizik rasin (Roots music) and Rabôday.
Traditional instruments are:
drums, electric bass guitar, conga, guitars, gūiras, keyborard, vaksen (bamboo) Kòne, trumpets, Keyboards, Trumpet, Trombone, saxophones, backing track and vocals
FolKompa Musicians usually sing about society problems which include difficult topics such as poverty , their struggles/frustration or social disparities and are mostly done in French-Haitian Creole.
Jake,
"Hey marie is it true that FolKompa music is use a way yo “voye pwen,” which in English literally means “sending the point?"
Marie,
" Yeah Jake,
Voye pwen aims to sing around a controversial topic, encircling it in blame but not actually accusing an issue outright."
"Hey marie is it true that FolKompa music is use a way yo “voye pwen,” which in English literally means “sending the point?"
Marie,
" Yeah Jake,
Voye pwen aims to sing around a controversial topic, encircling it in blame but not actually accusing an issue outright."
by Negre Marron Records September 30, 2018