Native of Haiti, Monvelyno learned from the creators of the Haitian roots music grabbed his guitar at the age of 18 and matured into a skilled musician made ethnological research at sacred places in Haiti as Soukri, Badjo, Souvnans . The innovators of this movement guided the young musician helping him understand the language of the drum relating to his guitar. He moved to the US to study music as a well rounded musician in search of an original sound when this quest made him merge all these influences and offers listeners a New Music Movement for the Legacy of the Haitian Tradition. He names this new sound the Kod ak Po Project to strengthen the Haitian culture.
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