Don Jacob’s empire
It was founded in 1970 under a breadfruit tree on Westbury Lane in Belmont, on the eastern side of Port of Spain. “We used to call it...
Big acts for Tobago Jazz
The Plymouth Jazz Festival in Tobago is still a toddler compared with some of the region’s other music festivals. But, approaching its...
All that St Lucia jazz
The Pitons may be St Lucia’s most famous landmarks, but when it comes to events, it’s the annual Jazz Festival that has really made the...
Behind the soca music
Sweet, sweet soca is the official soundtrack of feting, wining, and mas — of all things Carnival, in fact. Whether you’re on the...
Anya Ayoung-Chee: hot off the Runway
It‘s five months since Anya Ayoung-Chee won Lifetime TV’s Project Runway, but Anya-mania shows no signs of dying down in Trinidad &...
Kees Dieffenthaller: bigger, better, crazier, sexier
Kees Dieffenthaller wants a Grammy. He’s by no means the first singer from Trinidad & Tobago to express that desire, but, Machel...
Kenny Phillips: keeping the culture alive
As a teenager, his only ambition was to be a “studio rat”, but now Kenny Phillips is at the forefront of the fight to promote, preserve...
Livvi Franc: babe in total control
There’s something in the water that’s contributing to the success of Bajan singers. That’s Livvi Franc’s laughing response to...
