Farewell to Fatis Burrell
The death of Fatis Burrell has dealt another blow to Jamaican music. He died on December 3, at 57, after a stroke, and leaves a void in the...
Painting the real picture: Grenadian women in art
Despite being born and bred in Trinidad, Tracey Chan is always being told her art isn’t Caribbean, because it doesn’t show trees or...
Jamaica loses Joel Chin
News of Joel Chin’s death came as a terrible shock, not only to his friends and family, but to the whole of the Jamaican music...
Carl Gabriel: from mas band to museum
In the last few years, the London-based Carnival artist Carl Gabriel has achieved international renown for his large-scale sculptures,...
HIV & AIDS in Jamaica: Kwame Dawes tackles the taboo
Since the early 1980s, Kwame Dawes has explored contemporary Jamaican culture through poetry, plays, novels, and academic work, looking at...
Nearlin Taitt: death of a legend
The celebrated Trinidadian guitarist Lynn Taitt, who died of cancer at 75 in January, after a long illness, played a pivotal role in the...
DVD Reviews – July/August 2010
Catching the festival on film The highlight of the year for many Londoners, Notting Hill Carnival takes place over two days at the end of...
Sugar Minott: a sweet voice falls silent
Sugar Minott, who died in July, aged 54, after suffering from a heart condition, was an influential Jamaican singer whose distinctive style...
