Trinidad Archives - Page 15 of 16

Soca Twins: Exclusive Interview with Germany’s Carnival Kings

Words by Rishi Bonneville For a century, German brands have been known for their steely precision, quality and expense. Vehicles from Mercedes-Benz, BMW and Porsche, for example, can be found in every co... Read More...

Watch Me Now: Runway Street

Words by Eddie STATS Houghton Haven't found another street-fashion blog to compete with Kingston Style, yet (Cartagena Style, anybody?) but the blog for Trinidad's online shop Runway Street is definitely... Read More...

Astro-Guyanese: Eddie Hooper’s Caribbean Space Disco

Words by Eddie STATS Houghton, via Ghetto Bassquake The tropical scientists over at Ghetto Bassquake just put us up on this brilliant reissue from Guyanese soca and soul giant Eddie Hooper, getting space... Read More...

Bunny Rock: Behind the Scenes of “Duracell Plus” with Skinny Fabulous and Machel Montano

Words by Eddie STATS Houghton Last week soca monarch Skinny Fabulous leaked this 'making of' look at the forthcoming video for his massive tune "Duracell" on the Hunny Bunny riddim--built from the sa... Read More...

Toppa Top 10: Diwali Rhythms!

Words by Eddie STATS Houghton and Rishi Bonneville That's right. We are hitting you with a one-two Indo-Caribbean combination of boomshots, in recognition of the fact that today millions (billions?) of p... Read More...

Mas Appeal: Dalton Narine Puts Carnival on the Silver Screen

Words by Eddie STATS Houghton If you weren't checking for the New York International Film Festival this summer, you probably haven't seen Mas Man, Dalton Narine's documentary on award-winning designer of... Read More...

Purple Craze: Vashtie Kola x Air Jordan

Words by Eddie STATS Houghton Trinidad's trendiest daughter, Vashtie Kola just unveiled her official redesign of the Air Jordan Retro 2 in a gal-friendly lavender shade with metallic silver details--in t... Read More...

We Live in BKLYN Baby: Theophilus x Nike

Words by Eddie STATS Houghton Theophilus London cannot be stopped apparently (not that anybody's really trying). This cat is straight ubiquitous, popping up everywhere from Trinidad fashion week to c... Read More...

Toppa Top 10: Caribbean Footballers

Words by Jesse Serwer Four years ago, the hype in this part of the world—Brooklyn—was all about Trinidad's Soca Warriors, then making their first ever World Cup run. T&T didn't qualify this year, n... Read More...

Hipster Homecoming: Vashtie and Theophilus in Trinidad

Words by Eddie STATS Houghton, Images by Vashtie Kola Two of our favorite trendsetting trinis, downtown ranking sweetheart Vashtie Kola and avant MC Theophilus London got in touch with their roots recent... Read More...

Cari-Pop Worldwide

Words by Eddie STATS Houghton It's true you reap what you sow; a few months back I gave homie and AfroPop Worldwide producer Wills Glasspiegel some game on dub pioneers who were still amongst the living,... Read More...

Top Rum: Top 10 Caribbean Rums

Words by Eddie STATS Houghton— Fools have been making moonshine from different forms of sugar since caveman days but the particular process of fermenting molasses--making alcoholic gold from the by-p... Read More...

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