Topic Tag: calypso

Embark, Music, Reviews

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...

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Music, Reviews

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...

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Culture, Music

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...

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Music, Reviews, Festivals and Events

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...

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Culture, Travel, Festivals and Events, Trinidad and Tobago

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...

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Embark, Music, Reviews

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...

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Embark, Festivals and Events

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...

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Immerse, Film and Television, Music, Trinidad and Tobago

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...

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