Immerse, Music, St. Vincent and the Grenadines
By Tracy Assing ● Issue 127 (May/June 2014)
Skinny Fabulous: “You have to pay attention to your hook”
I grew up in Lodge Village. All my roots are from the Leeward coast of St Vincent, Chateaubelair. Most of my significant childhood memories...
Immerse, Culture, Music, People, Trinidad and Tobago
By Tracy Assing ● Issue 124 (November/December 2013)
DJ Christopher ‘Jillionaire’ Leacock: “You have to give them a good time every night”
My thing is, I’ve just always kinda been a lucky fella, you know. As a kid I didn’t have enough money to buy albums — I was buying...
Culture, Music, People, Trinidad and Tobago
By Tracy Assing ● Issue 118 (November/December 2012)
Christopher Castagne: “Young parranderos like us, we sing everything”
It’s really hard to explain, the feeling you get when you hear the boom boom boom of a box bass, or the sh-k-t sh-k-t of a marac wafting...
Culture, History, Lifestyle, Trinidad and Tobago
By Tracy Assing ● Issue 74 (July/August 2005)
The long walk home
On 31 July, 1498, Christopher Columbus and his men, sailing along the southern coast of the island of Iere, are said to have caught sight...