The Anti-expected: Lavar Munroe
In the weeks leading up to the opening of the Venice Biennale on 9 May, the inboxes and newsfeeds of the international art world have been...
20+ questions with Kwame Ryan
Kwame Ryan is the music director of the Freiburg Opera and Orchestra in Germany. He was born in Toronto of Trinidadian parents who were...
Pan cakes
Elton John couldn’t resist her salt-fish accras. Queen Latifah went wild over the coo-coo and red beans. As for Ray Charles, he just...
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...
Adonal Foyle: in the big league
By the standards of makeshift courts in the Caribbean, the basketball court at Ashton isn’t bad. It’s walled in, there are ample...
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...
Gloria Escoffery — Miss G
Gloria Escoffery calls herself “a crazy old lady” and a “country bumpkin.” Nothing could be further from the truth. She is not only...
Curtly Ambrose on the bass
Shaggy on the bass. It’s the only way I can imagine Curtly Ambrose as a singer. And that’s what the Caribbean may soon have to look...
