Feeling hot, hot, hot: climate change and the Caribbean
Global climate change and its effects have moved from scientific theory to present-day fact, and the islands of the Caribbean, as well as...
Chris Blackwell: man with the Midas touch
Chris Blackwell, the legendary founder of Island Records, who brought reggae and Bob Marley to the attention of the world, is focusing on...
Snapshots (March/April 2008)
Shontelle Layne: focus pon me That’s the title of one of the tracks Shontelle Layne wrote for her debut album. But really, as she says to...
Staceyann Chin: “I have walked long hard roads to get here”
Born on Christmas day/before morning fate or kismet/truth or just dumb luck I have walked long/hard roads to get here… today I am exactly...
Fighting out of the box
As a child, Aaron Hassette hustled on the streets to make ends meet. He and his older brother lived with their unemployed, illiterate...
De Red Boyz: red hot and happening
To their friends they are Mikey Hulsmeier and Scott Galt, but to their clients they are De Red Boyz. Musicians with a combined 36 years of...
Where the birds belong
Of all the countries of the Caribbean, Trinidad and Tobago boasts the highest number of recorded species of birds, with 468, according to...
Jean-Ralph Thurin: high fashion from Haiti
There never seemed any doubt about what path Jean-Ralph Thurin’s career would take. This past November, Thurin formally launched his...
