Ever-blooming Calypso Rose
On a grey, drizzly night in Rouen, a packed concert tent is rocking to a calypso beat. It’s an odd juxtaposition. Rouen — a...
Caribbean Playlist (November/December 2016) | Music Reviews
Dis 1. 4. Raf — Andy Narell (Listen 2 Records) As if driving home the point that the pendulum of commercial influence for steel pan...
Word of mouth (November/December 2016)
Get the story Ray Funk explains how an annual storytelling festival captures the imaginations of Caymanians At the end of November each...
Caribbean Playlist (September/October 2016) | Music Reviews
Metamorphosis — Leon Foster Thomas (Ropeadope Records) Caribbean musicians are increasingly moving to the metropolitan commercial...
Caribbean Playlist (July/August 2016)
San José Suite — Etienne Charles (Culture Shock Music) Jazz in the wider Americas is more than improvisation that engages the blues and...
Kingston beat
Discover Kingston, Jamaica Get down with downtown Downtown Kingston is one of the neighbourhoods visitors are often urged to avoid. Yet...
Word of mouth (May/June 2016)
Jazz for the people Laura Dowrich on how St Lucia Jazz, celebrating its twenty-fifth anniversary, brings artists and audiences close...
Omari Banks: “All I wanted to do was play my guitar”
Move on, don’t look back on what you could have done. Just move on. Learn you’re a champion. With faith, the battle’s won. That’s a...
