By Various Contributors ● Issue 94 (November/December 2008)
Book reviews (November/December 2008)
Marcus Garvey: hero or hustler? “We are going to emancipate ourselves from mental slavery because whilst others might free the body, none...
Culture, Music, People, Jamaica
By Debbie Jacob ● Issue 93 (September/October 2008)
Cedella Booker: mother of a legend
There is no doubt that Bob Marley got a good part of his charisma from his late mother, Cedella Booker. Bubbly, outspoken, but always...
Culture, Literature, Music, Arts, Jamaica
By Garry Steckles ● Issue 92 (July/August 2008)
When we would cook cornmeal porridge
A new biography of Bob Marley, who died on May 11, 1981, by Caribbean Beat columnist Garry Steckles, is receiving glowing reviews....
By Various Contributors ● Issue 92 (July/August 2008)
DVD reviews (July/August 2008)
Out of Africa In 2005, to celebrate what would have been Bob Marley’s 60th birthday, his widow, Rita Marley, and several of Marley’s...
Culture, Music, History, Jamaica
By Garry Steckles ● Issue 91 (May/June 2008)
Passing on the culture
As I was listening the other day to a fine CD by Kenyatta “Culture” Hill, son of the late and sadly missed Joseph Hill, it struck me...
By David Katz ● Issue 90 (March/April 2008)
Top 10 reggae CDs
After the explosion of ska during the early 1960s and then the development of rocksteady, reggae burst onto the Jamaican music scene in...
By James Ferguson ● Issue 90 (March/April 2008)
Bob Marley: time will tell
West Kingston in 1978 was a dangerous place to live. Well off the tourist trail, this rundown part of the Jamaican capital was where the...
By Various Contributors ● Issue 87 (September/October 2007)
Music buzz (September/October 2007)
The January Transfer Window jointpop (Anarchy on the Ave. Records) When considering how studiously neglected jointpop, Trinidad’s best...