Literature, Reviews, Haiti, Barbados, Jamaica, Trinidad and Tobago
By Pat Ganase, Jeremy Taylor and Simon Lee ● Issue 44 (July/August 2000)
Bookshelf (July/August 2000)
PICK OF THE MONTH The Immaculate Invasion Bob Shacochis (Viking Penguin 1999; Bloomsbury paperback 2000; 408pp, ISBN 0-7475-4529-4) When...
Music, Reviews, Jamaica, Trinidad and Tobago
By Roxan Kinas, Jeremy Taylor and Georgia Popplewell ● Issue 44 (July/August 2000)
Upbeat (July/August 2000)
PICK OF THE MONTH: Calypsoldier Ron Reid’s Sunsteel (Mud Hut Records, MH 901) Style and substance meet on this accomplished debut...
By Garry Steckles ● Issue 108 (March/April 2011)
Nothing’s taboo for Tanya Stephens
Every few years, someone comes along on the music scene whom I can’t get enough of. The Beatles, Bob Dylan and Aretha; Bob Marley,...
By James Ferguson ● Issue 108 (March/April 2011)
The real James Bond
What do a womanising, Martini-sipping, licensed-to-kill secret agent and a mild-mannered, upper-class ornithologist from Philadelphia have...
Culture, Reviews, Food and Cuisine, Jamaica
By Bridget van Dongen ● Issue 108 (March/April 2011)
An appetite for travel
Nyam is the Jamaican word for “eat”, and as the title suggests, Nyam Jamaica takes a comprehensive culinary tour of that island....
Culture, Music, People, Jamaica
By David Katz ● Issue 107 (January/February 2011)
Gregory Isaacs: farewell to the cool ruler
Gregory Isaacs, who died of cancer in October, aged 59, was one of the most popular reggae singers of all time. A regular on the Jamaican...
Culture, Environment, Travel, Lifestyle, Jamaica
By Nazma Muller ● Issue 107 (January/February 2011)
Ode to Jamaica’s Blue Mountains
People always ask me, Why you love Jamaica so? Is de music, nuh? De fellas? De beaches? I tell them, yes and no. It’s partly the...
Culture, Music, Travel, Lifestyle, Jamaica
By Ian Stalker ● Issue 107 (January/February 2011)
Reggae on wheels
Jamaican tour operator Chukka Caribbean Adventures runs rolling reggaefests that deliver people to the doorstep of the birthplace of...