Upbeat (Spring 1994)
CARNIVAL ROUNDUP Here Comes the West Indies is the title of David Rudder‘s 1994 album. The music is uptempo, but the themes are...
Bookshelf (Spring 1994)
TRAVEL AND ENVIRONMENT The 1994 issue of the Caribbean Islands Handbook (ed. Ben Box and Sarah Cameron, Trade & Travel Publications in...
Upbeat (Summer 1994)
THE VOICE OF JAMAICA Buju Banton (Mercury Records) Having subdued the territory, Buju Banton has the right to claim to be the “voice...
Bookshelf (Summer 1994)
Fortunate Circumstances Trevor McDonald (Weidenfeld & Nicholson 1993) As the anchor for ITN’s nightly News at Ten, Trevor...
Upbeat (Autumn 1994)
Cool Runnings Various artists (Chaos/Columbia) As a movie, Cool Runnings is so engaging that it’s possible to be completely oblivious...
Bookshelf (Autumn 1994)
An Island is a World Samuel Selvon (TSAR, Canada 1993) Sam Selvon’s neglected second novel, first published in 1955, was republished...
Upbeat (Winter 1994)
Lyrics Man David Rudder (Lypsoland) A lyrics man is a calypsonian with a strong message: listen to the words, not just the music. This is...
Bookshelf (Winter 1994)
A Way In The World V. S. Naipaul (Knopf/Heinemann, 1994) The American edition of Naipaul’s latest book calls it a...
