Author: Nigel Campbell

Embark, Music, Reviews, United States, Trinidad and Tobago

Playlist (Mar/Apr 2021) | Music reviews

This month’s listening picks from the Caribbean — featuring new music by Kalpee; Payge Turner Music; Natiruts, Ziggy Marley & Yalitza Aparicio; and Will the Wolf & X.O. Drew

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Playlist (Jan/Feb 2021) | Music reviews

This month’s listening picks, with reviews of the latest by Jesse Ryan; Gonzalo Rubalcaba and Aymée Nuviola; and Teddyson John

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Playlist (Nov/Dec 2020) | Music reviews

This month’s listening picks, with reviews of the latest by Nubya Garcia; Raise; Protoje; and Kes

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Playlist (Sept/Oct 2020) | Music reviews

This month’s listening picks, with reviews of the latest by Paul Beaubrun; Jacques Schwarz-Bart; Rai; and Robert “Dubwise” Brown

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Playlist (Jul/Aug 2020) | Music reviews

This month’s listening picks, with reviews of the latest by Freetown Collective; Jany McPherson; Jah9; and Rexy*

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Playlist (Mar/Apr 2020) | Music reviews

This month’s listening picks, with reviews of the latest by Yasser Tejeda & Palotré; Kalpee; Pressure Busspipe; and Grégory Privat

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Immerse, Music, People, Trinidad and Tobago

All that jazz | Closeup

Musically, Trinidad and Tobago are best known for calypso and soca, but a thriving jazz scene proves there’s an avid audience for other genres. Nigel A. Campbell profiles Charmaine Forde, Vaughnette Bigford, and LeAndra — three jazz vocalists of different generations whose separate stories make a bigger narrative about paths to musical success

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Playlist (Jan/Feb 2020) | Music reviews

This month’s listening picks, with reviews of the latest by David Kirton; Bunji Garlin; and other various artists

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