Rhythm roundup (January/February 2007)
Soné Ka-La Jacques Schwarz-Bart (Emarcy, B000FG5PYK) Two of the most exciting and flavourful Caribbean jazz releases I’ve heard in...
Music buzz (January/February 2007)
Soca HD You may have heard of high-definition television, or even high-definition sound, but Machel Montano High Definition is going to...
Appliance amours & guilt tripping
My refrigerator and I have been together for five years. Had been. Past tense. I recently lost it to what can best be described as a sort...
Rhythm roundup (November/December 2006)
Queen-Sugar Jazzique (DanceBEAT Records) Jazzique Chiverton, generally regarded as the ranking king of keyboards on the vibrant St Kitts...
Music buzz (November/December 2006)
What could the Matter be? Marlon Roudette and Preetesh Hirji are the musical duo better know as Mattafix. Their work is what record...
Viva Parang
It is four o’clock in the morning on Christmas day. For the last hour, the only sound to be heard is the rushing of the river, swollen by...
Table for one
Nothing — apart from sticking your head into a vat of chlorine — can bring tears to the eyes faster than the sight of a lone diner....
Caribbean bookshelf (September/October 2006)
MACO Caribbean Homes ed. Kathy-Ann Waterman (Toute Bagai Publishing, ISBN 976-8194-64-2, 188 pp) A maco (or mako, macco, or macko) is...
