Looking for horn | Classic | Last word
Dylan Kerrigan on the subtle secrets of horn language. (And, no, it’s not what you think.) Originally published in 2004, this Beat classic was reproduced in the July/August 2018 issue
Issue 68 (July/August 2004)
We look at the region’s Olympic hopefuls, remember studio legend Clement “Sir Coxsone” Dodd, hear from Guyanese artist Bernadette Persaud, profile the often forgotten Albert Gomes, plus all our regular departments and a whole lot more.
“Chalkdust”: Calling it like he sees it
Garry Steckles tips his hat to Dr Hollis Liverpool, otherwise known as the Mighty Chalkdust, who won his sixth Calypso Monarch title this year
Port of Spain: A home from the hemisphere
Port of Spain is hoping to be chosen this year as the headquarters for the Free Trade Area of the Americas, the new trading bloc that will stretch from Alaska to Patagonia. Richard Costas weighs the city's chances
Brave new world
James Ferguson on V. S. Reid’s New Day, a novel set against Jamaica’s march towards freedom
Bernadette Persaud: “I’m trying to show that here is beauty”
Guyanese artist Bernadette Persaud tells Ruel Johnson about her work and her quest to reveal the beauty in all things, even in cultural loss, even in the man with a gun
Clement Dodd: studio legend
Clement “Sir Coxsone” Dodd, Jamaica’s legendary record producer and nurturer of reggae artists, died in May. Music writer David Katz remembers his career
Albert Gomes: Missing in action
Who remembers Albert Gomes? For more than 30 years he loomed large over the cultural and political scene in Trinidad, and then he suddenly disappeared
What the Caribbean is talking about this month
Soulful princess: She’s the latest singing sensation out of Cuba. Find out about her and her first album, Yusa • Buzzworthy • and much more...
Summer Olympics 2004: Caribbean contenders
This issue of Caribbean Beat is dedicated to the Caribbean athletes who will be fighting to bring back medals and honours from the summer Olympics in Athens
