25 Caribbean achievers under 25
25 for 25 Since the first issue of Caribbean Beat was published in 1992, we’ve profiled hundreds of our region’s best and brightest —...
Word of mouth (May/June 2017)
Keep it pure David Katz looks forward to the multifaceted Pure Grenada Music Festival Unlike the many genre-specific festivals regularly...
The Beat goes on: Caribbean Beat turns 25
Caribbean Beat marks its 25th anniversary In early 1992, passengers boarding BWIA planes across the Caribbean, South and North America, and...
Carnival is mine
Family of steel During the Carnival season, large steel orchestras dominate the national Panorama competition, but year-round, the spirit...
Word of mouth (March/April 2016)
Story season With half a dozen literary festivals in as many weeks, the Caribbean dry season has turned into a celebration of books,...
Caribbean Bookshelf (January/February 2016)
The Merchant of Feathers, by Tanya Shirley (Peepal Tree Press, 64 pp, ISBN 9781845232337) A merchant of feathers sells soft things in hard...
Not your parents’ carnival
Look at photographs from the Carnival parade fifty years ago, and there are things that don’t seem to have changed much: the layout of...
Word of mouth (November/December 2015)
Traveller’s tree What’s a miniature butterfly-winged skeleton doing on a Christmas tree? Philip Sander explains the origins of a...
