There's a tremendous texture to Mélissa Laveaux’s voice, and a whole lot of history in her songwriting. Born in Canada to Haitian parents, the singer and guitarist returned to her family's homeland ...

There is a painting from 1920 of New Orleans Vodou priestess Marie Laveaux. The solemn woman in the portrait gazes, almost mournfully, at us with just a hint of the power and mayhem that resided ...

The Canadian singer’s striking new album is themed around the US occupation of her parents’ homeland – but is a lilting, joyful record about omens, civil treachery and sexuality On a dull January ...

Haiti’s turbulent, often unhappy history is studded with splendid music, most of it little heard by comparison to its Caribbean neighbours. Mélissa Laveaux, born in Ottawa to Haitian parents, plays ...

La mort tisse une toile arachnéenne autour de Mélissa Laveaux depuis sa naissance. C’est à la suite d’une commande pour un magazine d’artistes plasticiens caribéens américains que la chanteuse, qui ...

The interior of Haiti once hosted rural troubadour orchestras, Bann’ na Siwèl, named after the local plum trees. This new album from Mélissa Laveaux transmits news of the Vodou loas, the US occupation ...

L'autrice-compositrice-interprète Mélissa Laveaux a souvent frôlé la mort. Dans son nouvel album 'At My Softest, I Am Most Dangerous' sorti le 20 mars, elle signe un lumineux voyage aux côtés des ...

Après avoir chanté des héroïnes effacées par l’histoire sur Mama forgot her name was a miracle en 2022, la chanteuse et guitariste canadienne d’origine haïtienne Mélissa Laveaux met en musique ses ...