Rihanna: just getting started
Just getting started: for Bajan R&B star Rihanna, the big time keeps getting bigger
Issue 83 (January/February 2007)
A breathtaking Carnival spread from six top photographers; Guyanese-born Clem Seecheran and the Indo-Caribbean experience; what the 2007 Cricket World Cup means for the region; Caribbean songstresses Rihanna and Heather Headley; St. Lucia Jazz Fest; what soca superstar Machel Montano has up his sleeve for Carnival 2007; and a whole lot more…
Caribbean Bookshelf (January/February 2007)
Edric Connor’s memoirs, and a roundup of other new books
Rhythm roundup (January/February 2007)
Guadeloupean saxophonist Jacques Schwartz-Bart marries the rhythms of gwoka drum traditions with contemporary musical styles and more
Music buzz (January/February 2007)
Soca star Machel Montano celebrates his 25th anniversary in the artform with a “High Definition” theme for Carnival 2007
Ready for Arts-in-Action
Arts-in-Action is a Trinidad-based group on the cutting edge of art as a means of social change
Galvanize: talking it through
Under the theme “Visibly Absent”, contemporary artists in Trinidad stage Galvanize, an arts programmme
Notting Hill Carnival: behind the sequins
Stephen Rudder shows the hidden heart of Notting Hill Carnival in a new film, Sequins, Soca, and Sweat
All that St Lucia jazz
The St Lucia Jazz Festival fends off regional competition to keep its position as the Caribbean’s premier jazz event
Fr Gregory Ramkissoon: “The basis for development is care”
Fr Gregory Ramkissoon, founder and head of Jamaica’s Mustard Seed Communities, on his philosophy of caring and the true meaning of development
Carnival captured
Carnival is colour. Carnival is music. Carnival is bacchanal. Movement. Energy. Art. Excitement. Top Trinidad photographers weigh in on the festival
Gardening in the tropics
Looking at her one-acre garden in Dominica, Polly Patullo muses over the links between landscape, memory, and desire
Clem Seecharan: history man
Clem Seecharan left his home village in Berbice, Guyana, with a yearning to understand his country and his people
Free space: Emancipation Park in New Kingston
Emancipation Park, an oasis in the middle of New Kingston, is a rare open public space in Jamaica’s capital
Playing for profit
The 2007 Cricket World Cup, hosted for the first time by the West Indies, is a big deal for Caribbean sports fans — but also for Caribbean economies
Appliance amours & guilt tripping
Anu Lakhan mourns her dearly departed fridge; Kellie Magnus attempts to wrangle an interview with chef Colin Hylton
Culture warrior: Joseph Hill
Garry Steckles remembers the legendary Joseph Hill of the reggae band Culture, who died last August
Bob’s blender | Classic | Last word
Philip Sander visits the Bob Marley museum at 56 Hope Road and sees the most precious relic of them all. Originally published in 2007, this Beat classic was reproduced in the July/August 2019 issue
