By Caribbean Beat ● Issue 15 (September/October 1995)
Upbeat (Autumn 1995)
Genesis SuperBlue (Ice Records) Thematically speaking, this is the best album to come so far from SuperBlue, who regained the Road March...
By Caribbean Beat ● Issue 15 (September/October 1995)
Caribbean Bookshelf (Autumn 1995)
A History Of West Indies Cricket Michael Manley (revised edition, West Indies Publishing Ltd., 1995) Michael Manley – twice Prime...
By Jeremy Taylor ● Issue 15 (September/October 1995)
LeRoy Clarke: Warrior Art
On Old Year’s Night 1970, in the fading hours of the turbulent sixties, LeRoy Clarke made himself a solemn promise: that he would...
By Paul Keens-Douglas ● Issue 15 (September/October 1995)
Cobweb
Yu ever walkin’ bout de place an’ sudden so is cobweb in yu face? Yu know how vexin’ dat does be when it catch yu...
By Cecil Gray ● Issue 15 (September/October 1995)
Sonny Ramadhin
They said you kept a wily secret up your rolled-down sleeve, the Englishmen who fell before you like a crop of canes. Three steps...
Culture, Literature, Travel, Lifestyle, Jamaica
By Susan Ward ● Issue 16 (November/December 1995)
Special Assignment: Ian Fleming’s Jamaica
Agent 007 – alias James Bond, the bane of international terrorists, megalomaniac scientists and nefarious drug barons – was...
Culture, Music, People, Trinidad and Tobago
By Debbie Jacob ● Issue 16 (November/December 1995)
Shadow: The Uncrowned King
The name Shadow is enough to light up the face of any true calypso fan. No other singer is more mysterious, mesmerising or controversial....
Arts and Architecture, Culture, People, St. Lucia, Trinidad and Tobago
By Caroline Popovic ● Issue 16 (November/December 1995)
Winston Branch: The Precarious Life of Art
“You’re standing on my paaaaaaintings,” wailed Winston Branch indignantly. I looked down. What I had perceived to be a...