Embark, Music, Reviews, Food and Cuisine
By Nigel Campbell ● Issue 138 (March/April 2016)
Caribbean Playlist (March/April 2016)
Spice Island — Eddie Bullen (Thunder Dome Sound) Smooth jazz is a music genre purists love to hate, but in the Caribbean it is...
By Nigel Campbell ● Issue 137 (January/February 2016)
Caribbean Playlist (January/February 2016)
Cyah Help It Jus Now — Feel Up Records There’s a new riddim happening in music today, which underscores the importance of the...
By Nigel Campbell ● Issue 136 (November/December 2015)
Caribbean Playlist (November/December 2015)
Tropical Disco Hustle Volume Two — Various Artists In the 1970s, when disco had the world dancing, the Caribbean was not a region of...
By Nigel Campbell ● Issue 135 (September/October 2015)
Caribbean Playlist (September/October 2015)
Spiritual Awakening — Reginald Cyntje Trombonist Reginald Cyntje (pronounced SIN-chee) — born in Dominica, raised in St Thomas, USVI,...
Embark, Music, Reviews, Festivals and Events
By Nigel Campbell ● Issue 134 (July/August 2015)
Caribbean Playlist (July/August 2015)
St Thomas — Dion Parson and the 21st Century Band Drummer Dion Parson from St Thomas in the US Virgin Islands has gathered a cadre of...
By Nigel Campbell ● Issue 133 (May/June 2015)
Caribbean Playlist (May/June 2015)
Parallel Overtones — Garvin Blake Brooklyn-based steel pannist Garvin Blake at long last follows up his 1999 debut album Belle Eau Road...
By Nigel Campbell ● Issue 132 (March/April 2015)
Caribbean Playlist (March/April 2015)
I Rise — Etana Florida-based reggae songstress Etana’s fourth album, I Rise, bubbles with the fervour of a celebration of the...
By Nigel Campbell ● Issue 131 (January/February 2015)
Caribbean Playlist (January/February 2015)
Calypso Craze: 1956–57 and Beyond Various artists With Trinidad Carnival upon us, we need to be reminded that modern soca music had a...