KENBEM

Haitian-American singer-songwriter Malou Beauvoir seeks spiritual healing in a divided world with her Creole lyric version of the beloved hit “You Raise Me Up” Released March 31, 2021, “Kenbem” (Panthera Music International) reimagines the soul-stirring Secret Garden / Josh Groban and Westlife classics to unite believers in Vaudou and Christianity. “You Raise Me Up” was originally released in 2002 by the Norwegian-Irish duo Secret Garden, written by the band’s Rolf Løvland with lyrics by the Irish author and songwriter Brendan Graham. Graham appreciated the heartfelt interpretation, saying, “A song like ‘You Raise Me Up’ thankfully garners many recordings and translations into various languages. Now and again a version comes along that makes me sit up and pay attention. Such a version is Malou Beauvoir’s recording and translation into her native Haitian Creole… Not alone is it her sensual and soulful vocal expression of the song but she has also done something quite unique.

  • Traditional / Folk
  • Vocal
  • World
  • Background vocals
  • Singer-songwriter
  • Piano
  • Percussion
  • Haiti