Machel Montano: Man with a mission
Fresh from the high of Trinidad and Tobago Carnival, Machel Montano is taking his Caribbean Planet brand on the road, as he firmly believes...
Behind the soca music
Sweet, sweet soca is the official soundtrack of feting, wining, and mas — of all things Carnival, in fact. Whether you’re on the...
Hot Shots: Barbados’ Cover Drive
Take four Bajan teenagers, stir in pop music, instruments, and a dose of island energy, and you’d be lucky to come up with the compelling...
Bookshelf (Spring 1992)
POETRY Leaving the Dark Cecil Gray (Lilibel Publications, 1998; ISBN 0-9681745-1-5) This collection of poems by Cecil Gray, his third, is a...
Music for the mas
Soca singers are hardly putting out albums for Carnival – have you noticed? Instead they are churning out singles, via either radio...
Machel Montano: one more time
Machel Montano is rethinking the whole thing…again. Late last year, the man defending the International Soca Monarch title was toying...
CD Reviews – July/August 2010
Liber Oswin Chin Behilia A national treasure in his native Curaçao, singer-songwriter Oswin Chin Behilia has had a musical career that...
Cover shoot: behind the scenes
Chef Jason Huggins knows the secret of good cooking. In fact, he can sum it up in one word: passion. Style is also important, though –...
