Singing Sandra: One Voice from the Ghetto
Singing Sandra, the reigning Calypso Monarch of Trinidad and Tobago, is a glorious set of contradictions. She’s top calypsonian in...
Discover the French Caribbean
It’s easy to think that the voice of the Caribbean speaks primarily English. This would be a serious injustice to the vibrant world of...
Carnival time again
Trinidad Carnival is here again. Whether you’re planning your trip to Trinidad and Tobago now or can only play via the internet, here are...
Netwatch: Caribbean Summer
It may be off-season but it still sweet fuh so! The sensual contrast between sleet and snow at home and the warm breezes of the tropics...
Lord Blake: farewell to the warlord
Carlton “Blakie” Joseph 3 November, 1932–6 January, 2005 When Carlton Joseph, best known by his calypso sobriquet of Warlord Blakie,...
Indian Carnival cousins
We’ll never know what Trinidad’s long-time “Jam-ette” Carnival was really like in the 1860s, with its kalenda stickfighting bands...
Book Buzz (September/October 2004)
The bright side of life (and death) The Annihilation of Fish and Other Stories Anthony C. Winkler (Macmillan Caribbean, ISBN 1-4050-2639-1)...
Screen buzz (Jan/Feb 2004)
Back in the gayelle Ask any television station operative in the Caribbean about local programming and they’ll tell you one thing: it’s...
