The Beat goes on: Caribbean Beat turns 25
Caribbean Beat marks its 25th anniversary In early 1992, passengers boarding BWIA planes across the Caribbean, South and North America, and...
Bim, Bim, Sink or Swim…
The poster summarised the theme: One man’s struggle to come to terms with the society that has alienated him. Released in 1974, Bim was...
André Tanker: Like a Liberation
I was born in Woodbrook a west Port of Spain neighbourhood in 1941. My great-grandfather was Chinese, my mother a descendant of...
Personal Favourites
I must confess to having felt greatly honoured and not a little overwhelmed when I was invited to be one of the panellists for this...
Take Ten (part 2): the greatest calypso and soca singers of all time
As I promised — or should that be threatened? — at the end of my last column, I’m about to embark on another list. The previous one...
André Tanker: Music Beyond Measure
André Tanker’s death from a heart attack was announced during the Soca Monarch competition broadcast in Trinidad and Tobago on...
Forward Home: André Tanker Revisited
After three decades as one of Trinidad and Tobago’s leading musicians, André Tanker is still among the country’s best-kept...
