Datebook | Events calendar (July/August 2018)
Your guide to Caribbean events in July and August, from CPL cricket across the islands to Emancipation commemorations
Skip Marley: “I’m not trying to fill his shoes” | Own words
Twenty-one-year-old Skip Marley, grandson of the legendary Bob, on growing up in Jamaica’s musical royal family, his hopes for stardom, and the message of his songs, for his own and every other generation — as told to Nazma Muller
Jamaica’s Chris Blackwell
Blackwell’s island In 1958, Chris Blackwell, a 21-year-old white Jamaican, started a small record label in Kingston. Producing the...
Word of mouth (Jan/Feb 2018)
It’s Carnival time! Come on a panyard lime with Barbara Jenkins, experience the thrilling, shape-shifting ritual of J’Ouvert in a poem by Shivanee Ramlochan, and discover Carriacou’s unique Shakespeare mas. Meanwhile, Jamaica celebrates its musical heritage at Reggae Month
Word of mouth (January/February 2017)
House of Tosh Three decades after the violent death of Peter Tosh, a new Kingston museum remembers the legacy of the reggae superstar....
Pastor Bobby Wilmott: Trench Town Triumph
Nine years ago Sir Nooshie became a gunman in Trench Town: he had just turned 14 years old. Thanks to the songs of Bob Marley, who grew up...
Caribbean Bookshelf (July/August 2015)
A Brief History of Seven Killings, by Marlon James (Riverhead Books, 704 pp, ISBN 9781594486005) Many roads in writing have led to Bob...
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...
