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...
Caribbean Bookshelf (Summer 1995)
A Small Gathering of Bones Patricia Powell (Heinemann Caribbean Writers Series 1994) Spirits in the Dark H. Nigel Thomas (Heinemann...
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...
Caribbean Bookshelf (Autumn 1995)
A History Of West Indies Cricket Michael Manley (revised edition, West Indies Publishing Ltd., 1995) Michael Manley – twice Prime...
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...
Caribbean Bookshelf (November/December 1995)
Music Bachata: A Social History Of Dominican Popular Music Deborah Pacini Hernandez (Temple University Press, Philadelphia, 1995) When the...
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...
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...
