Embark, Film and Television, People
By Jonathan Ali ● Issue 153 (September/October 2018)
Q&A with Khalik Allah | Screenshots (Sept/Oct 2018)
A Q&A with Khalik Allah, director of Black Mother
Arrive, Travel, Lifestyle, Cuba
By Caribbean Beat ● Issue 150 (March/April 2018)
Havana hello | Destination
Caribbean Airlines’ newest destination is one of the region’s — and the world’s — most iconic cities. From music to revolutionary history, baroque architecture to pastel-hued classic cars, from the Malecón to the bar where mojitos were (supposedly) invented — welcome to Havana, now serviced by two direct flights from Port of Spain each week
By Nigel Campbell ● Issue 150 (March/April 2018)
Playlist (Mar/Apr 2018) | Music reviews
This month’s listening picks, with reviews of the latest by David Bertrand; Jimmy October; Major Lazer; and Beres Hammond
Arrive, Culture, Music, Travel, Lifestyle
By David Katz ● Issue 150 (March/April 2018)
São Luís do Maranhão — Brazil’s reggae city | Travellers’ tales
Founded in 1612 on Brazil’s Atlantic coast, the city of São Luís do Maranhão is a treasurehouse of historic achitecture, encrusted with ornate blue tiles, and has a long tradition of avant-garde poets. It’s also — as unlikely as it sounds — a hotbed of reggae music. David Katz pays a visit, to investigate how this city more than two thousand miles from Kingston has adopted reggae as its very own, with a new museum celebrating the cultural link
Music, Festivals and Events, St. Kitts and Nevis
By Shelly-Ann Inniss ● Issue 39 (September/October 1999)
The Basseterre beat
From the air, the island of St Kitts resembles a guitar serenely afloat in the shimmering Caribbean sea. It’s a fitting venue for a...
Film and Television, United States
By Tracy Assing ● Issue 76 (November/December 2005)
Gimme tempo
MTV Tempo, the American music channel’s foray into the Caribbean market, was launched in October to cable markets across the Caribbean,...
By Dylan Kerrigan ● Issue 75 (September/October 2005)
Follow their footprints
They were hailed by the New York Times as “the world’s greatest dancehall-reggae boy band,” but T.O.K. — stands for Touch of Klass...
Music, People, St. Kitts and Nevis
By Garry Steckles ● Issue 107 (January/February 2011)
The wisdom of Socrates
Considering he’s one of the most famous human beings in history, remarkably little is known about the Greek philosopher Socrates, who...