Upbeat (January/February 1998)
SOCA Ah Reading Iwer George (JW Records) Nine uptempo tracks from the unofficial king of fete or party music in Trinidad and Tobago. This...
Upbeat (July/August 1998)
CHORAL One Caribbean Voice Signal Hill Alumni Choir (Sanch Electronix Ltd) Pleasantly jaunty is about the best way to describe Signal Hill...
Dancehall Queen
Jamaica’s dancehall divas and hottest artists
It’s Playback Time
My compact disc player had become something of a snob. It had suddenly stopped recognising certain CDs. I would put in a disc, and it would...
Upbeat (November/December 1998)
CALYPSO/SOCA Dancing Time Mac Fingall (Bayfield Records Ltd) Twelve spunky tunes grace this, Mac’s tenth album. Again his versatility...
Upbeat (March/April 1999)
CALYPSO Living Legends Of Calypso: The Glamour Boys Again Various artists (XPATZ Music, New York, 1998) Eight singers are featured on this...
Andy Narrell: Caribbean Man
For some Trinidadians, Andy Narell represents something of a dilemma. The slim, sad-eyed musician is the most widely recorded steelpan...
Upbeat (May/June 1999)
CARNIVAL ’99 International Chantuelle David Rudder (Lypsoland CR 029) International Chantuelle is a mirror of Trinidad: the sacred and...
