Island hopper (November/December 2007)
Film festivals, Carnival, and folks dressed as pirates…it must be Christmas in the Caribbean. November begins with Catholic families...
The Claire Piper of parang
When Claire Piper puts down her microphone on December 22, she won’t have many finishing touches to add to her home in preparation for...
Island hopper (September/October 2007)
From Canada to Trinidad and Tobago, the best of Caribbean culture will be on show during September and October, when Caribbean people will...
Island hopper (November/December 2006)
It’s Christmas time in the islands, but forget about old St Nick to spice things up. From Trinidad and Tobago to Cuba, the Caribbean has...
Viva Parang
It is four o’clock in the morning on Christmas day. For the last hour, the only sound to be heard is the rushing of the river, swollen by...
Christmas skanking: Caribbean music for the season
I’m not, I have to confess up front, a huge fan of traditional Christmas music. I’ve heard Bing Crosby sing “White Christmas” more...
Christopher Castagne: “Young parranderos like us, we sing everything”
It’s really hard to explain, the feeling you get when you hear the boom boom boom of a box bass, or the sh-k-t sh-k-t of a marac wafting...
Happenings (November/December 2011)
Cycling vacation in Curaçao Intrigued by the idea of a racing vacation, former Dutch professional cyclists Leo van Vliet and Erik...
