Upbeat (Autumn 1994)
Cool Runnings Various artists (Chaos/Columbia) As a movie, Cool Runnings is so engaging that it’s possible to be completely oblivious...
Falling For Jamaica
It is extraordinary to think that an island the size of Jamaica can produce three of the eight fastest men on earth. But so it was at the...
Upbeat (Winter 1994)
Lyrics Man David Rudder (Lypsoland) A lyrics man is a calypsonian with a strong message: listen to the words, not just the music. This is...
Upbeat (Spring 1995)
Troddin Shinehead (Elektra) Shinehead, a prime mover in the fusion of dance hall and hip-hop, has come full circle in his latest release....
Upbeat (Summer 1995)
Kings Of The Dance Hall Charlie Chaplain & Josey Wales (VP Records) A change is taking place in dancehall. A wider consciousness is...
Upbeat (Autumn 1995)
Genesis SuperBlue (Ice Records) Thematically speaking, this is the best album to come so far from SuperBlue, who regained the Road March...
Caribbean Bookshelf (November/December 1995)
Music Bachata: A Social History Of Dominican Popular Music Deborah Pacini Hernandez (Temple University Press, Philadelphia, 1995) When the...
Arturo Tappin – Tappin’ into the Music
The place was a decorator’s nightmare. This bar was almost new, but it had that half-broken outdoor-furniture look, with garish...
