Culture, Music, People, Trinidad and Tobago
By Cedriann J Martin ● Issue 113 (January/February 2012)
Fay-Ann Lyons: “Enjoy yourself and perform your heart out”
I grew up without my dad calypsonian SuperBlue being there, because of music. I do not for one day get upset at him for that. Basically it...
Culture, Music, People, Trinidad and Tobago
By Laura Dowrich-Phillips ● Issue 113 (January/February 2012)
Kees Dieffenthaller: bigger, better, crazier, sexier
Kees Dieffenthaller wants a Grammy. He’s by no means the first singer from Trinidad & Tobago to express that desire, but, Machel...
Culture, Music, People, Trinidad and Tobago
By Sheila Rampersad ● Issue 113 (January/February 2012)
Rikki Jai: Chutney Soca Champion
Rikki Jai (Samraj Jaimungal) is one of the most enduring, adventurous and understated entertainers in Trinidad & Tobago music. For 22...
Culture, Music, People, Trinidad and Tobago
By Various Contributors ● Issue 113 (January/February 2012)
Machel Montano: one more time
Machel Montano is rethinking the whole thing…again. Late last year, the man defending the International Soca Monarch title was toying...
Culture, Travel, Lifestyle, Trinidad and Tobago
By Donna Yawching ● Issue 113 (January/February 2012)
Tobago’s hidden history
One of the great charms of Tobago as a tourist destination, as far as I’m concerned, is its comparative lack of historic monuments and...
Culture, Literature, Food and Cuisine, Trinidad and Tobago
By Sharon Millar ● Issue 109 (May/June 2011)
Ah’len: Welcome arabic recipes
A good cookbook can be as satisfying as an excellent meal. Good ones present clear, uncomplicated recipes that produce delicious meals. But...
Culture, Lifestyle, Haiti, Trinidad and Tobago
By Cedriann J Martin ● Issue 109 (May/June 2011)
Helping Haiti hold on to its honour
The 200 rusted steps of the unfinished Bicentennial Monument in Port-au-Prince were meant to commemorate two centuries of independence. Now...
Culture, Lifestyle, Trinidad and Tobago
By Debbie Jacob ● Issue 109 (May/June 2011)
Mario Sabga-Aboud: the man who’s made Rituals a way of life
Every morning that he’s in Trinidad – and not flying off to one of his many businesses spread throughout the Caribbean – the...