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By Caribbean Beat ● Issue 14 (Summer 1995)
Island Beat (Summer 1995)
A ST LUCIA FRIDAY NIGHT Ten pm On Dauphin Street, the first fragrant plumes of smoke float starward from Mrs Hector’s wood-fired...
By Caribbean Beat ● Issue 14 (Summer 1995)
Caribbean Bookshelf (Summer 1995)
A Small Gathering of Bones Patricia Powell (Heinemann Caribbean Writers Series 1994) Spirits in the Dark H. Nigel Thomas (Heinemann...
By Caribbean Beat ● Issue 15 (September/October 1995)
Upbeat (Autumn 1995)
Genesis SuperBlue (Ice Records) Thematically speaking, this is the best album to come so far from SuperBlue, who regained the Road March...
By Caribbean Beat ● Issue 15 (September/October 1995)
Caribbean Bookshelf (Autumn 1995)
A History Of West Indies Cricket Michael Manley (revised edition, West Indies Publishing Ltd., 1995) Michael Manley – twice Prime...
By Caribbean Beat ● Issue 15 (September/October 1995)
Island Beat (Autumn 1995)
BARBADOS’S NEW GOLF RESORT AIMS FOR THE TOP Barbados’s new Royal Westmoreland Golf & Country Club is up and running. And...
By Caribbean Beat ● Issue 16 (November/December 1995)
Caribbean Bookshelf (November/December 1995)
Music Bachata: A Social History Of Dominican Popular Music Deborah Pacini Hernandez (Temple University Press, Philadelphia, 1995) When the...
By Caribbean Beat ● Issue 16 (November/December 1995)
Island Beat (Nov/Dec 1995)
Come On Down Write this dates in your diary right away: February 19 and 20, 1996. Carnival in Trinidad. Already the masquerade bands are...
By Caribbean Beat ● Issue 17 (January/February 1996)
Upbeat (Nov/Dec 1996)
Viva Le King The Roaring Lion (Ice Records 951002) Here’s an album that successfully combines vintage calypso with modern styling. In...