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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
