Stromae’s Formidable: the new Belgian sensation

Christine Jean-Pierre CSMS Magazine         Stromae is the quintessential of urban-street artist gone mainstreamed. This Belgian artist of mixed race—white mother and African father from Rwanda—never had the chance to taste the warm coaching...

Jude Jean: the forgotten prince of the nouvelle generation

By Christine Jean-Pierre  CSMS Magazine Staff WriterWe can call the great Konpa aritst Alan Cavé, or Garcia Delva, or Jacques Sauveur Jean, but Jude Jean has always been the distinction, the stand-alone singer with an imposingly filtered voice. He is...

Zouk music producers have turned into Kompa to boost record sales

By Christine Jean-PierreCSMS Magazine staff writer For the last two years Zouk has plummeted to extremely low record sales. Fans seem to have lost interest in Zouk and are now leaning more toward a Kompa flavor in Zouk songs. Recently Kompa bands such...