By Simon Lee ● Issue 10 (Summer 1994)
Recording the Caribbean
The music of the Caribbean is on the move, its many waves gathering to flood the mainstream of world music – given the chance....
By Caribbean Beat ● Issue 15 (September/October 1995)
Upbeat (Autumn 1995)
Genesis SuperBlue (Ice Records) Thematically speaking, this is the best album to come so far from SuperBlue, who regained the Road March...
Culture, History, People, Jamaica
By Various Contributors ● Issue 31 (May/June 1998)
The World of Rastafari
Imagine you’ve booked a holiday. You’re off to the Caribbean; maybe visiting friends on another island. But when you arrive you...
Culture, Music, Festivals and Events, Jamaica
By Garry Steckles ● Issue 60 (March/April 2003)
Remembering the One Love Concert for Peace
It seems like just yesterday. But the most famous concert in the history of reggae music — probably in the history of Caribbean music in...
By Garry Steckles ● Issue 63 (September/October 2003)
Tommy Cowan: backstage king
The first time I met Tommy Cowan, I ended up in one of the Caribbean’s most notorious prisons. The year was 1976. I was in the middle of...