Don’t Miss Parang season In Trinidad, the sound of Christmas often comes with Spanish lyrics. The fun of going from house to house and waking people with the jovial sounds of parang music is the island’s traditional version of carolling. Before COVID-19, lively performances of the Spanish-style folk music — sometimes fused with soca and …
This month’s reading picks from the Caribbean, with reviews of This One Sky Day by Leone Ross; Can You Sign My Tentacle by Brandon O’Brien; Testimonies on the History of Jamaica, Volume 1 by Zakiya McKenzie; and Dominoes at the Crossroads by Kaie Kellough This One Sky Day by Leone Ross (Faber & Faber, 385 …
This month’s listening picks from the Caribbean — featuring new music by Michael Boothman; Kyle Noel; Trishes; and other various artists Songbook, Vol. 1 Michael Boothman (Poui Tree Records) Nostalgia is making a comeback: the Rolling Stones and Genesis will tour stadiums next year, and Paul McCartney and ABBA have new albums in 2021. In …
After almost two years of the COVID-19 pandemic, who doesn’t want a break? Here at Caribbean Beat, we feel just the same. As 2021 draws to a close, and we look forward to the year ahead, members of the magazine team tell us what place in the Caribbean they’d love to visit for the first …
We are meeting at noon. It’s because she begins teaching some days at 7 am, and finishes close to lunchtime. But even before that, she does her own training online with her teachers from India at 4.30 am. “It takes a toll, you know,” says Alana Rajah, when in our warmup conversation I mention that …
So, you’re wondering what it’s like at the beach on a faraway island right now. Who is in the water – that cute guy with the red hair and hockey jock, muscle tower body? Or the kitesurfing girl with the long, curly hair? But. You’re stuck because of travel bans. We know the feeling. May …
A new exhibition in Toronto brings together an important collection of historical photographs and the work of contemporary Caribbean artists, to show how our stories and ideas have evolved over time Almost thirty years after St Lucian poet Derek Walcott delivered his Nobel Prize lecture in Stockholm, one hopeful and especially quotable sentence continues to …
Assembling fragments | Portfolio | Caribbean Beat Magazine Leia mais »
“It’s Christmas in the Caribbean, snowbirds fill the air… We don’t get in a hurry, we send away for mistletoe… Christmas in the Caribbean, We’ve got everything but snow!” Jimmy Buffet. That should have most American or Canadian snowbirds as soon as they read – “We’ve got everything but snow!” On top of that, it’s …
Attention Snowbirds – Caribbean Travel 2021 – CoolestCarib Leia mais »
Canisia Lubrin’s literary star isn’t merely on the rise. It’s embedded, twinkling, in the firmament. In the past few months, she’s won the 2021 OCM Bocas Prize for Caribbean Literature, the 2021 Griffin Poetry Prize, and a 2021 Windham-Campbell Prize in Poetry — you might imagine glittering achievements are now par for Lubrin’s poetic course. …
Canisia Lubrin: in the light of language | Closeup Leia mais »
Conch shell on a beach. If you’ve ever been to St. Johns, Antigua long enough, you would’ve had the pleasure to taste a local conch fritter. They are special on this island, we believe because of a combination of the spices. Maybe it’s the Scotch Bonnet Pepper or the Shadow Beni herbs mixed with my …
An Antiguan Favourite – Yummy Conch Fritters! – CoolestCarib Leia mais »