Let’s get festive! Commemorate the signing of the Peace Treaty between the British and the Maroons at the Accompong Maroon Festival (6 January) in Jamaica. Coinciding with the infamous Captain Cudjoe’s birthday, Maroon descendants honour him and their ancestors under the sacred and symbolic Kindah Tree. And in true Jamaican style, a sound system party …
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This month’s listening picks from the Caribbean — featuring reviews by Nigel A Campbell of new music by Chris St Hilaire; Asa Bantan & Kalash; Ava Hutchinson; and Sheriff & Erphaan Alves Chris St Hilaire Enspirited (Undependent) Chris St Hilaire describes himself as “a White Trinidadian-American” multidisciplinary and multifaceted musician, and his rock pedigree has …
This month’s reading picks from the Caribbean, with reviews by Shivanee Ramlochan of Growing up Woodbrook by Dylan Kerrigan; Loverbar by Lizbette Ocasio-Russe; The Blue, Beautiful World by Karen Lord; and All Made of Longing by Ruth Osman Rose Growing up Woodbrook by Dylan Kerrigan (The National Trust of Trinidad & Tobago, 200 pp, ISBN …
The more than 2,000 recipes created by Trinidad-born Natasha Laggan on her Trini Cooking with Natasha platforms have one thing in common: they’re all made with love. From the comments left on her videos by her 1.1 million Facebook followers and 278,000 YouTube subscribers, it’s clear they too understand that love is at the heart …
Snapshots of the Caribbean region’s natural wonders Most have heard of the Egyptian pyramids and possibly the Mayan pyramids. What about Bonaire’s salt pyramids? Reaching approximately 50 feet high, each is about 10,000 tonnes of pure salt. The pyramids and flat salt pans cover slightly less than 15% of the southeastern end of Bonaire. The …
You’d think after turning in much-praised performances as two iconic American figures would give Kingsley Ben-Adir the confidence to jump at the opportunity to play Bob Marley. But despite having earned rave reviews playing both Malcolm X and Barack Obama, Ben-Adir hesitated. “There were a lot of reservations,” he told EW. “I was completely convinced …
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Rising out of the social and economic discontent of Jamaica in the late 1960s, reggae music was like nothing before it. A heady meeting ground where drum, bass and melody alchemised with word, sound and power, reggae — and the Rastafarian religion with which it is inextricably bound — brought a welcome message of political …
A few years ago, Caribbean Beat published an article noting: “Trinidad Carnival is not a spectator sport but a participatory event. Or a series of participatory events.” Among that series of events is the annual Panorama — a music festival and competition that acts as a gauge of steelband player and arranger creativity, dexterity, and …
I intend to have an amazing Carnival 2024. Honestly, I felt as though I wasn’t on my A game in 2023. Not with respect to the music … It’s something I never spoke about because I felt it was just a little too dark. I don’t even know how I got through that. I think …
In almost every Caribbean territory, the carnival season culminates in an explosion of “mas”! Mas itself is the Caribbean term for processional masquerade and revelry “out in the road” at carnival time. And while carnival might be described as a festival of festivals — mas, music, fetes, and more — the term “carnival” is used …