Embark, Festivals and Events, St. Martin, Guyana
By Laura Dowrich-Phillips and Subraj Singh ● Issue 150 (March/April 2018)
Word of mouth (Mar/Apr 2018)
The bright colours of Guyana’s Phagwah celebrations mingle into a shade of unity, and Sint Maarten’s annual Carnival defies the ravages of Hurricane Irma
Embark, Arts and Architecture, Music, Festivals and Events, Haiti, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago
By Philip Sander, Laura Dowrich-Phillips and Nixon Nelson ● Issue 148 (November/December 2017)
Word of mouth (Nov/Dec 2017)
Why Jean-Michael Basquiat is a posthumous art star, how the Sunset Festival in Trinidad is changing Caribbean dance music, and where to end 2017 with a truly big bang: Paramaribo
Embark, Festivals and Events, Grenada, Trinidad and Tobago
By Caroline Taylor, Laura Dowrich-Phillips and Suzanne Bhagan ● Issue 146 (July/August 2017)
Word of mouth (July/August 2017)
Long days by the beach Suzanne Bhagan remembes the lazy charms of “August holidays” in Mayaro Mayaro Beach: a swathe of brown sand...
Embark, Literature, Music, Travel, Festivals and Events, Jamaica, St. Lucia
By Tanya Batson-Savage and Laura Dowrich-Phillips ● Issue 139 (May/June 2016)
Word of mouth (May/June 2016)
Jazz for the people Laura Dowrich on how St Lucia Jazz, celebrating its twenty-fifth anniversary, brings artists and audiences close...
By Philip Sander and Laura Dowrich-Phillips ● Issue 137 (January/February 2016)
Word of mouth (January/February 2016)
Out of town It’s easy to think Carnival happens only in Port of Spain, where the TV cameras focus. But you’d be very wrong. Laura...
Immerse, Culture, Music, People, Trinidad and Tobago
By Mark Lyndersay and Laura Dowrich-Phillips ● Issue 131 (January/February 2015)
Bunji Garlin: send dem riddim crazy
From the mid-1980s through the early 90s, Jamaican dub, and later dancehall, dominated the musical landscape in Trinidad and Tobago outside...
Culture, Music, People, Trinidad and Tobago
By Laura Dowrich-Phillips ● Issue 108 (March/April 2011)
How Machel Montano is misunderstood
Like a Pied Piper, Machel Montano pulls a crowd. He only has to utter his signature “Yeah yeah” for fete patrons to drop their geera...
Culture, Festivals and Events, Trinidad and Tobago
By Laura Dowrich-Phillips ● Issue 108 (March/April 2011)
Trinidad Carnival Diary: Carnival 365 days a year
At the age of five, Saucy Diva donned her first costume, and though she preferred Wonder Woman to the clown costume her mother chose, she...