Rhythm roundup (May/June 2006)
Boys in the band Alpha Boys’ School: Music in Education – Various artists (Trojan Records) This compilation is a unique record of one...
Soca Warriors on the field
At the 2006 football World Cup in Germany, the Caribbean will be represented by Trinidad and Tobago, the smallest country by geography or...
Take the cake
Birthdays I loathe. Always have done. Ever since I was five and stuffed into a frock more like a pavlova than a garment, I have felt keenly...
Caribbean bookshelf (March/April 2006)
Black as he’s painted Dancing in the Dark – Caryl Phillips (Secker & Warburg, ISBN 0-436-20583-1, 241 pp) Born in the Caribbean (St...
Rhythm roundup (March/April 2006)
Unusual suspects Reggae Roadblock – Various artists (Caribbean Music Group) With all due respect to Bunji Garlin, Maximus Dan, and Machel...
Art buzz (March/April 2006)
The uses of colour Artist Dennis de Caires’s current passion is yams. He is also passionate about everyday things like mangoes, flowers,...
Something’s fishy
“Sing, Muse. Sing of Kronos’ son Poseidon, shaker of the earth, brother of Zeus, ruler of the deep.” I can respect someone with that...
Back to Grenada
September 8, 2004: the day after category-4 Hurricane Ivan blasted Grenada. Across the small island, residents emerging from their battered...
