D.C. on my mind
It’s difficult to put your finger on it, but there is something about Washington, D.C. that holds you by the scruff of your neck and...
Patrick Parson: soulful messiah of Ballet Creole
Fusion. Diversity. High-energy. These are the words one encounters, over and over, in articles written about Patrick Parson and his...
Picking the Big Apple
No cheese? You gotta have cheese, baby!” yelled the man behind the counter at La Bagel Delight. He was yelling, in a not unfriendly way,...
Anton Gabriel: the man with the golden boots
Boots on the ground. That’s where it all started for Anton Gabriel. The 63-year-old accountant retired from his corporate job two years...
CD Reviews – January/February 2011
FABRICLIVE.54 David Rodigan Something of an institution in Britain, David Rodigan has been spreading awareness of reggae for over 30 years....
Nicole de Weever: dancing with the stars
Nicole de Weever is a woman of many talents: dance, drama and song. But of the three, the most fulfilling is her first passion – dance....
CaRiMi: hip hop from Haiti
Haitian trio CaRiMi burst onto the music scene in the United States in 2001 with their hip-hop kompa sounds. The trio of Mickael Guirand,...
Marguerite Gordon: lady of the manners
She would become the region’s Emily Post – the arbiter of all things proper. So when in 1961 Marguerite Gordon (then Le Wars) was asked...
