By Nigel Campbell ● Issue 145 (May/June 2017)
Playlist (May/June 2017) | Music Reviews
R.E.D. — British Dependency VPAL Music Anguillan music trio British Dependency — Joyah (bass), Ishmael (guitar), and Jaiden (drums) —...
Engage, Music, History, People, Jamaica
By James Ferguson ● Issue 144 (March/April 2017)
Harry Belafonte: calypso with a conscience
In 1956, the year in which Elvis Presley topped the US singles chart with “Heartbreak Hotel”, America’s bestselling album was neither...
Arrive, Culture, Travel, Lifestyle, Trinidad and Tobago
By Caribbean Beat ● Issue 141 (September/October 2016)
Port of Spain, Trinidad | Layover
Port of Spain knows how to keep business travellers busy, bouncing between boardrooms and hotel lobbies. And yes, the snarls of traffic in...
By Nigel Campbell ● Issue 139 (May/June 2016)
Caribbean Playlist (May/June 2016)
Caribbean Roots — Anthony Joseph (Strut/Heavenly Sweetness) “Performance poet” and “spoken word artist” are two descriptives to...
Music, People, Trinidad and Tobago
By Michael Goodwin ● Issue 41 (January/February 2000)
Singing Sandra: One Voice from the Ghetto
Singing Sandra, the reigning Calypso Monarch of Trinidad and Tobago, is a glorious set of contradictions. She’s top calypsonian in...
By Simon Lee ● Issue 136 (November/December 2015)
Songs of the drum: Caribbean music
Heading to Dominica’s inaugural World Creole Music Festival in 1997, I was anticipating a reunion with zouk superstars Kassav, live...
Immerse, Culture, Music, History, United Kingdom
By Joshua Surtees ● Issue 134 (July/August 2015)
The Queen’s kaiso
When British calypsonian Alexander D Great heard calypso for the first time, it wasn’t in Trinidad, where he was born in Belmont, the...
By Roxan Kinas ● Issue 47 (January/February 2001)
John King: standing for something
You can trace John King’s progress by his hair. In 1982, when he appeared as the young “Johnny Ma Boy” in Barbados’s Crop Over...