By Nigel Campbell ● Issue 155 (January/February 2019)
Playlist (Jan/Feb 2019) | Music reviews
This month’s listening picks, with reviews of the latest by Keba; 5OH8 + KVL; and Tebby
By Laura Dowrich-Phillips ● Issue 155 (January/February 2019)
Dennery Style | Backstory
If you have ears to listen at Carnival time, you’ve heard Dennery Segment, even if you don’t know the name. Laura Dowrich explores the roots of the soca genre originating in a small village in St Lucia
Immerse, Music, People, Trinidad and Tobago
By Caroline Taylor ● Issue 154 (November/December 2018)
Jeanine De Bique: “It doesn’t matter where you come from” | Own words
Jeanine De Bique, Trinidad-born classical singer, on the influence of her upbringing, and why Trinis “could do anything” — as told to Caroline Taylor
Immerse, Music, People, Trinidad and Tobago
By Laura Dowrich-Phillips ● Issue 152 (July/August 2018)
Nailah Blackman: welcome to the evolution | Snapshot
With music in her bloodline, T&T’s Nailah Blackman was almost destined for a career behind the microphone. She was the breakthrough performer of Carnival 2017, still a teenager — but, as she tells Laura Dowrich-Phillips, her ambitions go beyond soca, to another stage of musical evolution
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...
By Roxan Kinas ● Issue 38 July/August 1999)
Alison Hinds: sweet & sexy
Standing before the microphone in a slinky evening gown, her voice soft and silky, she sings a Spanish love song. Her trademark plait...
Leisure, Travel, Lifestyle, Antigua and Barbuda
By Georgia Popplewell ● Issue 40 (November/December 1999)
Living the life: a guide to Antigua and Barbuda
The sun is going down as the plane swoops low over St John’s towards the airport. Its golden light washes Antigua’s rolling hills, the...
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,...