By Georgia Popplewell ● Issue 49 (May/June 2001)
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...
Culture, Music, People, Jamaica
By Chris Salewicz ● Issue 49 (May/June 2001)
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...
Culture, Music, Arts, People, Jamaica
By Garry Steckles ● Issue 49 (May/June 2001)
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...
By Various Contributors ● Issue 42 (March/April 2000)
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...
Music, Reviews, Festivals and Events
By Various Contributors ● Issue 48 (March/April 2001)
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...
Culture, Music, Festivals and Events
By Various Contributors ● Issue 48 (March/April 2001)
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...
By Nigel Campbell ● Issue 132 (March/April 2015)
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...
Culture, Music, Arts, Lifestyle, People
By Garry Steckles ● Issue 54 (March/April 2002)
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...