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 ...

Yves Joseph, a Conga player in the popular Haitian group, Tabou Combo, was devastated to hear that a massive earthquake hit his native land and destroyed the school he created for underprivileged ...

Tabou Combo has one of the most revered funk breakdowns in all of musicland. And between the voudou beats, big soul horns, salsa turns, merengue runs, and rockin’ drums, this band is the most eclectic ...

"Rhythm is the essence of Tabou Combo," says Tabou Combo's co-founder and ex-drummer Herman Nau. The infectious rhythm of Haiti's national dance music, Konpa (con-pah), has propelled the country's ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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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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, ...