Culture, Music, Trinidad and Tobago
By Essiba Small ● Issue 108 (March/April 2011)
Music for the mas
Up-and-comers She’s been in the junior calypso arena since she was nine. Now 18, former Junior Calypso Monarch Megan Walrond is hitting...
Culture, Lifestyle, Trinidad and Tobago
By Essiba Small ● Issue 107 (January/February 2011)
The magic of mehndi
As a student at the Lakshmi Girls’ High School, in St Augustine, Trinidad, Risa Raghunanan used to draw hearts on her hand with a pen...
By Essiba Small ● Issue 93 (September/October 2008)
CD reviews (September/October 2008)
Alive Imij & Co “Alive” aptly describes this latest disc from one of Trinidad and Tobago’s leading soca bands.It kicks off with...
By Essiba Small ● Issue 91 (May/June 2008)
CD reviews (May/June 2008)
Mixty Motions Ralph MacDonald ARI “My heart lies in two places: New York and the Caribbean, and so my music is always filled with mixed...
By Essiba Small ● Issue 90 (March/April 2008)
De Red Boyz: red hot and happening
To their friends they are Mikey Hulsmeier and Scott Galt, but to their clients they are De Red Boyz. Musicians with a combined 36 years of...
By Essiba Small ● Issue 87 (September/October 2007)
Rihanna: “I try to remain true to who I am”
I was in Barbados, living a normal life, going to school at Combermere Secondary School, when I was discovered. A record producer from New...
Immerse, Culture, Music, Festivals and Events, Trinidad and Tobago
By Essiba Small ● Issue 123 (September/October 2013)
Chutney Soca Succession
It’s fitting that the man who created soca music, by combining soul with calypso, was the one who also birthed chutney soca. Back in...
Embark, Culture, Music, Reviews
By Essiba Small ● Issue 121 (May/June 2013)
Caribbean Playlist (May/June 2013)
Santiman, by The Creole Choir of Cuba (Real World) With this follow-up to their 2011 album Tande-La, the Creole Choir of Cuba...