Caribbean Playlist (May/June 2016)
Caribbean Roots — Anthony Joseph (Strut/Heavenly Sweetness) “Performance poet” and “spoken word artist” are two descriptives to...
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 Playlist (March/April 2016)
Spice Island — Eddie Bullen (Thunder Dome Sound) Smooth jazz is a music genre purists love to hate, but in the Caribbean it is...
Singing Sandra: One Voice from the Ghetto
Singing Sandra, the reigning Calypso Monarch of Trinidad and Tobago, is a glorious set of contradictions. She’s top calypsonian in...
Caribbean Playlist (January/February 2016)
Cyah Help It Jus Now — Feel Up Records There’s a new riddim happening in music today, which underscores the importance of the...
Caribbean Playlist (November/December 2015)
Tropical Disco Hustle Volume Two — Various Artists In the 1970s, when disco had the world dancing, the Caribbean was not a region of...
Songs of the drum: Caribbean music
Heading to Dominica’s inaugural World Creole Music Festival in 1997, I was anticipating a reunion with zouk superstars Kassav, live...
Sea beauty
Based on a character in a story, and bearing a handful of the spice that makes her island famous, artist Lene Kilda’s Nutmeg Princess is...
