Joseph Michel Martelly worked in music at a period when the art was changing shape around them.
The record lists Joseph Michel Martelly as Musician and former President of Haiti.
Joseph Michel Martelly was born at Port-au-Prince in 1961. His recorded nationality is Haiti. He trained at Miami Dade College and Institution Saint-Louis de Gonzague.
Amplification, television and the album as an art form defined this period, and the record industry reached its greatest scale.
He worked as politician, musician and singer-songwriter.
His work is classed as konpa.
A musical reputation rests on a handful of works that refuse to date.
That the work came out of Haiti shaped it: musical traditions, training institutions and the reach of a recording industry all differ by country.
Joseph Michel Martelly is still performing or recording, and the shape of the career is not yet settled.
Achievements
- Genres: konpa
