By Nigel Campbell ● Issue 143 (January/February 2017)
Caribbean Playlist (January/February 2017) | Music Reviews
Double Take — Elan Trotman’s Tropicality (Island Muzik Productions) “First impressions are the most lasting” is a popular proverb...
By Shivanee Ramlochan ● Issue 143 (January/February 2017)
Caribbean Bookshelf (January/February 2017) | Book Reviews
The Colour of Shadows, by Judy Raymond (Caribbean Studies Press, 200 pp, ISBN 9781626325197) Nineteenth-century artist Richard...
Embark, Film and Television, Reviews
By Jonathan Ali ● Issue 142 (November/December 2016)
Caribbean Screenshots (November/December 2016)
Santa & Andrés Directed by Carlos Lechuga, 2016, 105 minutes Over fifty years since Cuba’s communist revolution took place, most of...
By Nigel Campbell ● Issue 142 (November/December 2016)
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...
By Shivanee Ramlochan ● Issue 142 (November/December 2016)
Caribbean Bookshelf (November/December 2016) | Book Reviews
Bridges of Trinidad and Tobago, by Danielle Delon (Cassique Publications, 142 pp, ISBN 9789769541528) Rickety, nail-rusted planks thrown...
Embark, Literature, Reviews, Food and Cuisine
By Shivanee Ramlochan ● Issue 141 (September/October 2016)
Caribbean Bookshelf (September/October 2016) | Book Reviews
A Walk Back in Time: Snapshots of the History of Trinidad and Tobago, by Angelo Bissessarsingh (Queen Bishop Publishing, 225 pp, ISBN...
By Nigel Campbell ● Issue 141 (September/October 2016)
Caribbean Playlist (September/October 2016) | Music Reviews
Metamorphosis — Leon Foster Thomas (Ropeadope Records) Caribbean musicians are increasingly moving to the metropolitan commercial...
Embark, Film and Television, Reviews
By Jonathan Ali ● Issue 141 (September/October 2016)
Caribbean Screenshots (September/October 2016) | Film Reviews
Play the Devil Directed by Maria Govan, 89 minutes “How did you come to be who you are?” a wealthy businessman asks a much younger man...