Festivals and Events, Trinidad and Tobago
By Various Contributors ● Issue 47 (January/February 2001)
Trinidad Carnival — come turn yourself on
So you’ve come to Trinidad Carnival because you heard it is the world’s biggest street party? It has been touted as that and more: the...
By Various Contributors ● Issue 49 (May/June 2001)
Caribbean Bookshelf (May/June 2001)
Pick of the Month The Coyaba Chronicles: Reflections on the Black Experience in the 20th Century Peter Abrahams (Ian Randle Publisher/David...
By Various Contributors ● Issue 42 (March/April 2000)
Island Beat (March/April 2000) | Music, Film and Art
Music: SOCA FROM ST MAARTEN Eighteen years ago his Forkin’ was the talk of St Maarten. Today he’s looking for a hit in the form of a...
Music, Reviews, Festivals and Events
By Various Contributors ● Issue 48 (March/April 2001)
Upbeat (April/May 2001)
PICK OF THE MONTH Remember Me Sheldon Blackman and The Love Circle (Jamoo Goodnews Ltd) The Love Circle were wearing chic Afrocentric robes...
By Various Contributors ● Issue 48 (March/April 2001)
Bookshelf (April/May 2001)
PICK OF THE MONTH Landscape with Heron: Stories and Remembrances Wayne Brown (The Jamaica Observer 2000, 422 pp, ISBN 976-610-354-2) The...
Culture, Music, Festivals and Events
By Various Contributors ● Issue 48 (March/April 2001)
Island Beat (April/May 2001)
Kites over Jamaica All over the West Indies, at Easter, the weather is fair and the winds are steady, the brilliant colours of poui and...
By Various Contributors ● Issue 54 (March/April 2002)
Upbeat (March/April 2002)
Musicians head for Jamaica Started in 1999, the Caribbean Music Expo (CME) has become one of the must-attend events for people in the music...
By Various Contributors ● Issue 53 (January/February 2002)
New music from the Caribbean
PICK OF THE MONTH Lifeline Suzanne Couch (Cane Juice Music) This polished adult contemporary release by Jamaican singer/pianist Suzanne...