Welcome to a brand new regular feature, Nunca Tarde, our column for rounding up any albums that almost passed us by. The world moves so quickly that it’s important we remember to look at the recent past, because... Read Article
What was that I was saying in my February round-up about an apparent dearth of post-Christmas releases? I’ve been truly hoist by my own petard, because there’s now such a rich variety of singles arriving from all over... Read Article
Bonne année one and all. This is my last New Year’s Honours list before I seek re-election in May, and I hope my selections won’t “piss you off”. I’ve avoided any reference to the big hitters flagged up... Read Article
We were hugely saddened to hear that Robbie Shakespeare passed away at the age of 68. The bass player and record producer was half of one of the most influential rhythm sections in Jamaica, if not the whole... Read Article
I figured there was some interesting videos I wanted to share with you all, but didn’t realise quite how disparate they all were until I stuck them all on the same page. Which is either testament to the... Read Article
While the English version of football may not be ‘coming home’ after all the hype, I’ll go home to my birthplace and start this latest round-up with a London connection. Vasconcelos Sentimento “Movimento” And we’ll kick off, so... Read Article
Coming from the capital of salsa, Cali’s El Dragón Criollo keeps rhythm in his blood, though living now in Geneva. The Pacific-city expat, who splits his time between performing with his groups Contento, La Jungla and Acid Coco,... Read Article
Coreysan‘s upcoming project Deeper Than Skin is progeny of his cultural past and present. On the seven-track album, the Trinidad-born, Bristol-based musician finds his groove between the bass-driven rhythms and conversational story-telling of Caribbean dub and calypso, and... Read Article
During normal summers, the Edinburgh International Book Festival hosts nearly 1,000 writers, artists, philosophers, and more for three bustling weeks of cultural events. With summer 2020 categorically not being a normal summer, the festival has had to take... Read Article
Back in 2015, A Guide to the Birdsong of South America was released, featuring artists of the calibre of Dengue Dengue Dengue and a narrator who sounded suspiciously like the Shakespearian actor and former Doctor Who, Tom Baker.... Read Article
It is not every day the rocksteady beats of Jamaica find themselves in a down and funky mix with Brazilian samba. Yet, that is the premise upon which New York-born, adopted paulistano, Victor Rice has been carving out a scene... Read Article
One of the most pleasant musical surprises of 2018 was the first volume of a projected series of three, exploring the legacy of Guadeloupe’s Disques Debs label. Knowing little of the pre-zouk music scene in the Francophone Caribbean,... Read Article
