Nothing so sweet as Nevis String Band
Every Caribbean island has its own signature soundtrack, a distinctive distillation and evocation of its native spirit. So a few bars of...
Where the jet set sat
Guides at the Barbados Concorde Experience don’t wing it when they’re asked about the attraction they lead visitors through. They’re...
Tiphanie Yanique: “A sense of place and a sense of self”
I’ve been writing as long as I have a memory. When I was five, I thought I wrote a novel. It was probably the alphabet over and over...
A day with Bertrand “Dr Birdy” Jno Baptiste
Bertrand Jno Baptiste, affectionately known as Dr Birdy (it’s plastered across the windscreen of his car, in case there are doubters), is...
The beat of a different chutney soca drum
The coupling of chutney and soca is a movement, drifting now in the soca direction, now in the chutney direction, like dancing partners,...
Spell in a teacup
It’s not every day you meet a real magician, but I met one, and in the most unlikely of places – Valpark Shopping Plaza. You pass this...
Chris Browne: third world filmmaker
With behind-the-camera work on Hollywood feature films that include Cool Runnings (1992) and A Perfect Getaway (2009), Christopher Browne...
The Amazing Ms Nicki Minaj
Born in St James, Trinidad, in 1984, Onika Tanya Maraj is now the genre-defying, multiple-accented songwriter, recording artiste, and...
