"Everybody Hurts" is a song by American rock band R.E.M., originally released on the band's 1992 album Automatic for the People and was also released as a single in 1993. It peaked at number 29 on the US Billboard Hot 100 and reached the top ten on the charts in Australia, Canada, France, Iceland, the Republic of Ireland and the United Kingdom.
"Get Up, Stand Up" is a song written by Bob Marley and Peter Tosh. It originally appeared on The Wailers' 1973 album Burnin'. It was recorded and played live in numerous versions by The Wailers and Bob Marley and the Wailers, along with solo versions by Peter Tosh and Bunny Wailer. It was later included on the compilations Legend and Rebel Music, as well as live recordings such as Live at the Roxy among others.
Saint-Marc is a commune in western Haiti in Artibonite. Its geographic coordinates are 19°7′N72°42′W. At the 2003 Census the commune had 160,181 inhabitants. It is one of the biggest cities, second to Gonaïve, between Port-au-Prince and Cap-Haïtien.
Haiti has a sizable diaspora, present chiefly in the Dominican Republic, the United States, Canada, Cuba, the Bahamas, and France. They also live in other countries like Belgium, Jamaica, Turks and Caicos, Mexico, U.S. Virgin Islands, Brazil and Chile, among others.
Radio Tele Ginen is a politics, sports, and music Haitian radio and television station based in Port-au-Prince.
As in many developing countries, radio reaches the widest audience in Haiti. Estimates vary, but more than 300 radio stations are believed to broadcast throughout the country. It's easy now to listen to all Haiti radio online on Haiti Media Live http://haitimedia.live Talk show programs serve as one of the few ways in which ordinary Haitians can speak out about politics and the government. A law passed in 1997 declares the airwaves to be the property of the government, but at least 133 unlicensed radio stations operate freely. In addition, there are 50 community-based stations throughout the country.
The 2010 Haiti earthquake was a catastrophic magnitude 7.0 Mw earthquake, with an epicenter near the town of Léogâne (Ouest) and approximately 25 kilometres (16 mi) west of Port-au-Prince, Haiti's capital. The earthquake occurred at 16:53 local time on Tuesday, 12 January 2010.
"Stranded " is a song recorded by Jay-Z, Bono, The Edge and Rihanna for Hope for Haiti Now, a live album by various artists to benefit the campaign of the same name to alleviate the 2010 Haiti earthquake. The song was written by Jay-Z, The Edge and Bono and produced by Swizz Beatz.
Radio Caraïbes, is a radio station founded in 1949 by the Brown family, broadcasts live from Port-au-Prince, Haiti. As of 2015 it was run by Patrick Moussignac. Caraïbes FM hosts the most popular talk show on the island called Ranmasse, rebroadcast from a handful of radio station from Miami to Montreal and Paris. Former journalists include Jean-Jahkob Jeudy, Directeur de programation et affaires publiques de Radio Cacique d'Haiti; Louinel Saintalbord, Carlo Sainristil, Jean-Samuel Trezil.
"We Are the World 25 for Haiti " is a collaborative charity song and music video produced by singer-songwriter Lisa Lavie and posted to the YouTube video sharing website to raise money for victims of the January 12, 2010 Haiti earthquake.
Haitian rock, or rock kreyòl, started as rock n roll in Haiti in the early 1960s. It was played by rock bands called yeye bands. The name yeye derives from the Beatles lyrical verse, "yeah, yeah, yeah", which took off in the United States and was listened to by upper class Haitian families who had access to the radio. Young Haitians formed small electric guitar-based bands. These yeye rock bands were short-lived, as the addition of compas to their repertoires resulted in a sound was called mini-jazz, or mini-djaz in creole.
Radio Kiskeya is a radio station in Port-au-Prince, Haiti that broadcasts music, talk shows, sports, news, and cultural programs. Its news covers both Haiti and the international community, and its music spans on compas, jazz, tubes, and others.
Radio Vision 2000 is a radio station in Port-au-Prince, Haiti that broadcasts sports and national news, along with music. It is one of the most popular radio stations in Haiti.
Radio Le Phare is a Haitian radio station that provides religious and cultural content in Haitian Creole.
RCH 2000 is a Haitian radio station that provides entertainment as well and news in Haitian Creole.
Radio Soleil is a Haitian radio station based out of Brooklyn, New York that provides traditional Haitian music such as compas, folklore, and rara in Haitian Creole.
Radio Verite is a Haitian radio station based out of East Orange, New Jersey that provides news on politics,and social policies. It also has a Christian format as a number of local Haitian Pentecostal ministers host shows and religious content in French and Haitian Creole.
Joanne Ninive Smith is a Haitian-American feminist, human rights advocate and social worker from New York City, who currently resides in Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn. She is the executive director and founder of the Brooklyn-based non-profit organization, Girls for Gender Equity (GGE). Smith has organized around the issues of gender equality, racial justice, school pushout, sexual harassment, police brutality, the criminalization of black girls in schools and violence against transgender and gender non-conforming people of color.
Hope for Haiti Now: A Global Benefit for Earthquake Relief was a charity telethon held on January 22, 2010 from 8 p.m. to 10 p.m. Eastern Standard Time. The telethon was the most widely distributed telethon in history. The event was broadcast from Studio 36 at CBS Television City in Los Angeles, Kaufman Astoria Studios in Queens, New York and a private club, The Hospital, in London. There were also live reports from Haiti.
