Author: Garry Steckles

Culture, Music, Sports

Jolly well played

The way cricket fans around the world watch the game has changed, dramatically, over the past six decades. It’s a change that can be...

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Culture, Business, St. Kitts and Nevis

Mine host bows out | Last word

Just over 13 years ago, it all seemed so simple. I’d finally realised one of my biggest ambitions: to own and run a bar and restaurant in...

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Culture, Music, Arts

Music is a teacher

I was re-reading Anthony C. Winkler’s wonderful book Going Home To Teach the other day, for the umpteenth time. It’s a sometimes...

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Culture, Music, People, Jamaica

The rebel: Peter Tosh

I was listening to some early Wailers the other day — material they recorded back in the sixties, long before the group signed with...

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Culture, People, Jamaica

Culture warrior: Joseph Hill

It’s 1993, Montego Bay, Jamaica, the final night of that year’s Reggae Sunsplash. The high-powered lineup — Saturday night,...

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Culture, Music, Arts, Caribbean Diaspora, Jamaica

No to hate: dancehall & gay-bashing lyrics

This was the first paragraph of a recent Associated Press story out of New York: Citing concerns about potential violence, an organiser on...

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Culture, Music, People, Jamaica

Reggae pioneer: Desmond Dekker

Desmond Dekker, 16 July, 1941–25 May, 2006 Desmond Dekker rarely got full credit for his greatest achievement: introducing an...

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Culture, Music, Sports, St. Kitts and Nevis

Good and bad

I knew it was going to be a special day from the moment I heard the strains of “Rally Round the West Indies”. I was on my way to play a...

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