Etienne Charles: a head for jazz and a creole soul | Closeup
There’s a photograph floating around the Internet from about a year ago, of a dapper Etienne Charles, Trinidadian jazz trumpeter, warming...
Playlist (May/June 2017) | Music Reviews
R.E.D. — British Dependency VPAL Music Anguillan music trio British Dependency — Joyah (bass), Ishmael (guitar), and Jaiden (drums) —...
Caribbean Playlist (March/April 2017) | Music Reviews
Bright Eyes — Victor Provost (Paquito Records) Virgin Island steelpan jazz virtuoso Victor Provost sets an optimistic tone with his...
Caribbean Playlist (January/February 2017) | Music Reviews
Double Take — Elan Trotman’s Tropicality (Island Muzik Productions) “First impressions are the most lasting” is a popular proverb...
Caribbean Playlist (November/December 2016) | Music Reviews
Dis 1. 4. Raf — Andy Narell (Listen 2 Records) As if driving home the point that the pendulum of commercial influence for steel pan...
Caribbean Playlist (September/October 2016) | Music Reviews
Metamorphosis — Leon Foster Thomas (Ropeadope Records) Caribbean musicians are increasingly moving to the metropolitan commercial...
Caribbean Playlist (July/August 2016)
San José Suite — Etienne Charles (Culture Shock Music) Jazz in the wider Americas is more than improvisation that engages the blues and...
Caribbean Playlist (May/June 2016)
Caribbean Roots — Anthony Joseph (Strut/Heavenly Sweetness) “Performance poet” and “spoken word artist” are two descriptives to...
