newshour weekend's yvette feliciano reports from the capital city of port au prince on one of that country's biggest cultural events, which attracts top musicians from around the globe. >> ♪ life's greatra life's ♪ future's all planned ♪ no more clouds in the sky ♪ how i'm riding i'm riding hig ♪ >> reporer: on a warm winter evening in haiti, ja singer cecile mclorin salvant performs before a live audience at e 13th annual port au prince international jazz festival, or pop jazz. >> ♪ somewhere there must be a place ♪ where two heartbeats can uch where lovers can meet in the ♪ daylight and find it's enough. ♪ >> rorter: salvant, who won her third grammy for best jazz vocal album in february, is american but also has family in haiti. >> haiti is a strange, strange land for me. it is extremely familiar on the one hand, probably because of my ancestry, and yet i'm a total alien here. i'm a total tourist. merci. ( cheers and applause ) >> reporter: performing at pop jazz gives salvant the opportunity to connect with her haitian roots in different ways, like visiting with students in the haitian e