Late bloomers: Mark Lyndersay’s latest portraits By James Fuller | Issue 92 (July/August 2008) As he turns 50, photographer Mark Lyndersay sees dying flowers as a metaphor for ageing. James Fuller talks to him about his morbid art
Stories of steel | Panorama By Mark Lyndersay and Sharmain Baboolal | Issue 156 (March/April 2019) Carnival is the season of steelpan. But behind the Panorama stage, the future of T&T’s national musical instrument will be shaped by administrators, craftspeople, arrangers, and educators — like these men and women profiled by writer Sharmain Baboolal and photographer Mark Lyndersay
“A travel bag should be a bit ugly” | In the bag By Mark Lyndersay | Issue 154 (November/December 2018) Photographer Mark Lyndersay explains why practicality trumps style when it comes to professional travel gear
Trinidad’s Road March | Backstory By Mark Lyndersay | Issue 149 (January/February 2018) Trinidad & Tobago’s Carnival is full of rivalries and competitions, and none is more fierce than the annual Road March battle. Mark Lyndersay traces the history of the musical title that reflects the will of masqueraders on the street — and we dare to share our picks for the top ten Road March songs from the 1930s to the present day
The games are afoot | Snapshot By Mark Lyndersay | Issue 148 (November/December 2017) Video games aren’t just for teenagers to have fun — globally, they’re a highly lucrative business, requiring state-of-the-art technical know-how, creative flair, and significant investment. Mark Lyndersay meets the minds behind Couple Six and Coded-Arts, video game developers in Barbados and T&T, whose agenda includes creating games that reflect the culture of their home islands
Every Trinidad Roach March ever — and our top 10 By Caribbean Beat, Philip Sander and Attillah Springer | Issue 149 (January/February 2018) Of the eighty-plus songs that have won the official Road March title at Trinidad Carnival, some are little remembered, some have become “back-in-times” favourites, and a few are considered landmarks — whether for their musical qualities or for trends they ushered in. Here are all the recorded Trinidad Carnival Road March winners from 1930 up to 2019 — and our picks for an all-time Road March top ten
Trinidad & Tobago Road March Poll By Caribbean Beat | Issue 149 (January/February 2018) Vote for your favourite Trinidad & Tobago Road March tune of all time in our mega-poll
The Beat goes on: Caribbean Beat turns 25 By Various Contributors | Issue 144 (March/April 2017) For 25 years, Caribbean Beat has celebrated the best and brightest of Caribbean culture and people — as you can see in the panorama of our 144 covers, and the stories behind them
Not your parents’ carnival By Various Contributors | Issue 137 (January/February 2016) Times change, and Carnival changes with it — for better or for worse? Mark Lyndersay, Laura Dowrich, and Tracy Assing talk to eight Carnival insiders about the state of the mas and the state of the music, where the festival is heading, and how it will get there
Bunji Garlin: send dem riddim crazy By Mark Lyndersay and Laura Dowrich-Phillips | Issue 131 (January/February 2015) The 2013 hit “Differentology” was his international breakthrough, but Trinidadian soca star Bunji Garlin is no overnight success. Laura Dowrich looks back at Bunji’s rise from the pavements of Arima to the world stage, while Mark Lyndersay offers a personal take on the twenty-year evolution of the artiste’s sound
Trinidad Carnival: back to the future By Various Contributors | Issue 125 (January/February 2014) Traditional mas connects Trinidad Carnival to its historical roots. But can characters like the Midnight Robber, Dame Lorraine, Jab Jab, and Blue Devil survive as the festival evolves? Tracy Assing, Aurora Herrera, Mark Lyndersay, and Skye Hernandez meet four young masqueraders whose answer is yes
Chutney Soca Succession By Essiba Small | Issue 123 (September/October 2013) Mark Lyndersay’s images capture two generations of chutney soca stars, while writer Essiba Small explains how the sound has evolved over the decades
Issue 123 EMBARK: Events around the Caribbean in September and October • Discover a new crop of Jamaican artists, experience J’Ouvert Brooklyn style, and jam to Dominica’s World Creole Music Festival • Cayman-based Admas Mahdere brings Ethiopian textures to the Caribbean • The West Indies women’s cricket team is on the rise • Travel tips from Vincentian …
Full Frontal By Christopher Cozier | News & Online Exclusives Christopher Cozier on Gerard Gaskin’s Trinidad Artists series
Happenings (November/December 2011) By Various Contributors | Issue 112 (November/December 2011) A round-up of current and coming events on the Caribbean calendar
Issue 108 Salsa, speedboats and shopping: Mark Lyndersay flies in to south Florida • Jonathan Ali sees contrasting sides of Suriname in the city and the rainforest • MacFarlane: The designer who has dominated Trinidad & Tobago’s Carnival since 2005 talks to Lisa Allen-Agostini • Machel Montano: The former wild child of T&T Carnival explains his lifelong …
The man Brian MacFarlane By Lisa Allen-Agostini | Issue 108 (March/April 2011) Since 2005, he’s dominated Trinidad & Tobago’s Carnival with what he calls “theatre mas” – costumes that are more than just bikinis and beads...
Issue 101 In this Carnival issue of Caribbean Beat, Lisa Allen-Agostini meets the Hart family which has been bringing out a fun masquerade band for three generations, and the legendary Invaders steel orchestra is profiled by David Katz and Ray Funk … Mark Lyndersay presents priceless images of Trinidad Carnival as it was half a century ago, …
Issue 95 David Pye offers a sneak preview of the new luxury resorts of the Dominican Republic • Ecology, history, diving and Belikin beer: Bob Berwyn enjoys an all-inclusive vacation in Belize • St George’s University, in the tropical setting of Grenada, was once considered merely an offshore American institution. Now it’s firmly established on the …
Issue 18 Rediscovering El Dorado with Mark Lyndersay; Bajan musican Arturo Tappin; Pat Bishop’s collection of miniatures; nesting leatherback turtles; Trinidad’s temple in the sea; the latest in Caribbean music, books, events and more from our regular departments.
Carnival captured By Mark Lyndersay, Nicholas Laughlin and Simon Lee | Issue 83 (January/February 2007) Carnival is colour. Carnival is music. Carnival is bacchanal. Movement. Energy. Art. Excitement. Top Trinidad photographers weigh in on the festival
On the money By Lisa Allen-Agostini | Issue 81 (September/October 2006) The Central Bank of Trinidad and Tobago’s Money Museum, partly designed by the late Illya Furlonge-Walker, does more than display coins and banknotes
