By David Katz and Shelly-Ann Inniss ● Issue 155 (January/February 2019)
Need to know | Events calendar (Jan/Feb 2019)
Essential info to help you make the most of January and February across the Caribbean — from jazz in Haiti to reggae month in Jamaica to a film festival in Barbados
By Shivanee Ramlochan ● Issue 155 (January/February 2019)
Bookshelf (Jan/Feb 2019) | Book reviews
This month’s reading picks, with reviews of High Mas: Carnival and the Poetics of Caribbean Culture; Giant; Black Dogs and the Colour Yellow; A View of the Empire at Sunset; and Erotic Islands: Art and Activism in the Queer Caribbean
By Laura Dowrich-Phillips ● Issue 155 (January/February 2019)
Dennery Style | Backstory
If you have ears to listen at Carnival time, you’ve heard Dennery Segment, even if you don’t know the name. Laura Dowrich explores the roots of the soca genre originating in a small village in St Lucia
By Various Contributors ● Issue 153 (September/October 2018)
Need to know | Events calendar (Sept/Oct 2018)
Essential info to help you make the most of September and October — from Labour Day Carnival in Brooklyn to Pure Grenada’s Dive Fest and the Trinidad and Tobago Film Festival
Immerse, Music, People, Dominica
By Paul Crask ● Issue 153 (September/October 2018)
Michele Henderson: “I woke up with an entire song in my head”
Singer-songwriter Michele Henderson, performing at October’s World Creole Music Festival, on her musical childhood and her transition to the international stage — as told to Paul Crask, at her home in Grand Bay, Dominica
By Caribbean Beat ● Issue 152 (July/August 2018)
Datebook | Events calendar (July/August 2018)
Your guide to Caribbean events in July and August, from CPL cricket across the islands to Emancipation commemorations
Immerse, Music, People, Trinidad and Tobago
By Laura Dowrich-Phillips ● Issue 152 (July/August 2018)
Nailah Blackman: welcome to the evolution | Snapshot
With music in her bloodline, T&T’s Nailah Blackman was almost destined for a career behind the microphone. She was the breakthrough performer of Carnival 2017, still a teenager — but, as she tells Laura Dowrich-Phillips, her ambitions go beyond soca, to another stage of musical evolution
By Caribbean Beat ● Issue 151 (May/June 2018)
Datebook | Events calendar (May/June 2018)
Your guide to Caribbean events in May and June, from Guyana’s debut Carnival to a pineapple festival in the Bahamas