Culture, Festivals and Events, Trinidad and Tobago
By Pat Bishop ● Issue 17 (January/February 1996)
Trinidad Carnival Preview
Trinidad and Tobago’s Carnival is not a newly-invented tourist festival: it is a deeply-rooted ritual that goes to the heart of the...
Culture, Literature, Music, Reviews
By Caribbean Beat ● Issue 18 (March/April 1996)
Upbeat & Bookshelf (March/April 1996)
Music Tales From A Strange Land David Rudder (Lypsoland) Since 1986, when he burst onto the Carnival scene by capturing every calypso title...
By Various Contributors ● Issue 26 (July/August 1997)
Upbeat (July/August 1997)
Tears of Gold Baron (JW Records) Here are eight sumptuous tracks by Timothy Watkins Jr., the Baron, one of the mellowest voices in the...
By Debbie Jacob ● Issue 30 (March/April 1998)
Upbeat (January/February 1998)
SOCA Ah Reading Iwer George (JW Records) Nine uptempo tracks from the unofficial king of fete or party music in Trinidad and Tobago. This...
Culture, Travel, Lifestyle, The Bahamas
By Deby Nash ● Issue 36 (March/April 1999)
The Bahamas File
Caribbean Music Mix When the Caribbean Muzik Festival quietly slipped into The Bahamas in May 1994, the first audience was more curious...
Culture, Music, Arts, People, Trinidad and Tobago
By Garry Steckles ● Issue 61 (May/June 2003)
Birdie’s Best: the Mighty Sparrow’s Top 10 Hits
Some columns are easier to write than others, and despite more than three decades of covering Caribbean music, promoting concerts, hosting...