Carifesta VI: Singing in the Rain
“Oh shoot, it’s raining!” They were an odd foursome, gathered to taste the joys of Carifesta. Allison was an Australian...
Clement “Sir Coxsone” Dodd: “Just working on the feel”
It started out from a little restaurant at Lawes Street and Ladd Lane, “Nanny’s Corner”, in Kingston in the ’50s: we used to play...
Kwamé Ryan: classical rebel
Some of the most important things Kwamé Ryan learned as general musical director of the Freiburg Opera and Orchestra had nothing to do...
Wake the world: hip-hop’s Caribbean roots
I happened recently to catch some recorded footage of hip-hop megastar Eminem making an acceptance speech — or, to be more precise,...
