Upbeat (May/June 2001)
CALYPSO/SOCA Hot Caribbean Hits Various Artists (Victory World, VR 129) This first release from world music label Victory World is a...
Bob Marley: the legend lives on
Twenty years after his death, reggae music has spread across and around the world. It is part of the very fabric of global culture. It was...
Buju Banton: son of Bob
The two most important words in reggae — Bob Marley — will be on everyone’s lips this year. For those of us who were privileged to...
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...
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...
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...
Caribbean Playlist (March/April 2015)
I Rise — Etana Florida-based reggae songstress Etana’s fourth album, I Rise, bubbles with the fervour of a celebration of the...
Meet the next generation of Caribbean music stars
If we’re to believe the cynics, pop music — for want of a better expression — is going through the cultural equivalent of the Dark...
