Above: A slice of the EP’s cover, featuring art by Xala Ramesar and Cass’Moshe Centeno. A review of Weird Sounds by Mikhail Gibbings by Mark Lyndersay. Originally published in Sunday Newsday, November 18, 2018 Across four…
RBC St James after the closure of the branch. Text and photos by Mark Lyndersay. It’s always hard to point to exactly when it happened. That moment when you realise that everything you presumed in…
A review of Anthony Joseph’s People of the Sun by Mark Lyndersay. A version of “The grounding of Anthony Joseph” appeared first in the TTNewsday on August 10, 2018. People of the Sun is, whether…
Band photo of Jointpop by Sam Sheppard. A review of Jointpop’s To Trinidad with Love (May, 2018), by Mark Lyndersay. There’s a persuasive sense of assuredness in the new Jointpop album that’s at once defiant…
Above: The Strange Tale of an Island Shade (2009), examines shade and race in Trinidad and Tobago. Choreography by Sonja Dumas – photo by Jeffrey Chock By Sonja Dumas, June 17, 2018, first published in four…
Above: Mariel Brown. Photos courtesy FilmTT. “I am excited to have Moving Parts at Marché du Film and to be partnering with Flourishing Films,” said Emilie Upczak, the film’s director. “The more content from Trinidad…
The cover of Caribbean Roots, Scene With Two Blue Devils art by Che Lovelace. Right from the start of his new album, Caribbean Roots, Anthony Joseph declares his intentions. “The Kora narrates a poetic journey…
Above: Bees on honeycells. Photo by Irochka/DepositPhotos. A consideration of Kei Miller’s recent essay for Pree, by Mark Lyndersay. It seems like overkill to consider writing an essay about an essay. It’s the sort of…
Above: David Rudder performs as a guest at the Calypso Monarch Finals, 1995. All photos by Mark Lyndersay. A consideration of David Rudder on the eve of his 65th birthday by Mark Lyndersay So here’s…
Above: The Mighty Sparrow, circa 1959. Photo by Kingsley Lyndersay, LyndersayDigital.com By Mark Lyndersay. Originally published in the January/February 2018 issue of Caribbean Beat At the end of February 2017, MX Prime, the performer formerly known…
