confessions of a reformed tourist
Merry Christmas! Listening to the radio this morning, I was reminded yet again of two things. First, that Caribbean artistes have the most amazing habit of creating Christmas music that is not the same boring old stuff I’ve heard forever. Second, that my grandfather, who was Puerto Rican, would have really liked to live in [...]
Grenada lost a rising star on Friday. Kurt “DJ Kaution” George was on his way to Point Salines International Airport when the car he was driving crashed. Firefighters were called to the scene and used the jaws of life to remove him from the wreck, but he was already gone. He had been on his [...]
Here’s a playlist I found on imeem.com of soca from Spicemas Grenada 2008, also known as Carnival. If you’re only going to listen to three of these tracks, they should be: Track 2: “Blame the Rum” by Lavaman, Track 6: “Sapodilla” by some guy whose name escapes me at the moment, and Track 17: “Ah [...]
There’s a special place in my heart for Denise Belfon, aka Saucy Wow, aka the Soca-Dancehall Queen of Trinidad & Tobago. I luurrrve this one, her signature song, Saucy Baby. It came out in 2003 but it hasn’t gotten old. (Just click to play.) [Audio clip: view full post to listen] (Whenever it comes on [...]
Nothing of note to report on Carnival this year. I kept my misbehavior at home. But check out my jab jab helmet! Doesn’t it kind of look like I’m in a foxhole calling for reinforcements? *** You can listen to this year’s soca here. I have to agree with YY that this season’s selection is [...]
