By Nigel Campbell ● Issue 133 (May/June 2015)
Caribbean Playlist (May/June 2015)
Parallel Overtones — Garvin Blake Brooklyn-based steel pannist Garvin Blake at long last follows up his 1999 debut album Belle Eau Road...
By Georgia Popplewell ● Issue 49 (May/June 2001)
Upbeat (May/June 2001)
CALYPSO/SOCA Hot Caribbean Hits Various Artists (Victory World, VR 129) This first release from world music label Victory World is a...
By Various Contributors ● Issue 42 (March/April 2000)
Island Beat (March/April 2000) | Music, Film and Art
Music: SOCA FROM ST MAARTEN Eighteen years ago his Forkin’ was the talk of St Maarten. Today he’s looking for a hit in the form of a...
Music, Reviews, Festivals and Events
By Various Contributors ● Issue 48 (March/April 2001)
Upbeat (April/May 2001)
PICK OF THE MONTH Remember Me Sheldon Blackman and The Love Circle (Jamoo Goodnews Ltd) The Love Circle were wearing chic Afrocentric robes...
Culture, Travel, Festivals and Events, Trinidad and Tobago
By Haffezar Khan ● Issue 54 (March/April 2002)
A whiff of cashew nuts
Jeezanages! I must be cracking up. I’ve been on this island for too long. Cashew nuts roasting. I was sure that somebody nearby was...
By Nigel Campbell ● Issue 131 (January/February 2015)
Caribbean Playlist (January/February 2015)
Calypso Craze: 1956–57 and Beyond Various artists With Trinidad Carnival upon us, we need to be reminded that modern soca music had a...
By Mirissa De Four ● Issue 131 (January/February 2015)
Caribbean Datebook (January/February 2015)
Trinidad and Tobago Carnival top ten Trinidad and Tobago’s modern-day Carnival is different to that of yesteryear, although important...
Immerse, Film and Television, Music, Trinidad and Tobago
By Garry Steckles ● Issue 130 (November/December 2014)
Forever young: “Glamour Boyz Again”
Geoffrey Dunn makes no bones about it. He was on tenterhooks. His latest film, The Glamour Boyz Again: The Mighty Sparrow and Lord Superior...