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...
By Alia Michele Orane ● Issue 143 (January/February 2017)
Mara Made Designs — wood for life
After years of working in the corporate world, Tamara Harding kissed her nine-to-five job goodbye, to delve into her creative talents. The...
Immerse, Music, People, Jamaica
By Garry Steckles ● Issue 142 (November/December 2016)
Leroy Sibbles: “You need conscious lyrics”
I was born in Trench Town, Kingston. Actually I was born on 13th Street or 12th Street . . . It’s a long time now, y’know. I always...
Immerse, Music, People, Trinidad and Tobago
By Joshua Surtees ● Issue 142 (November/December 2016)
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...
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...