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Toppa Top 10: Top 10 Caribbean Beaches!

Words by Eddie STATS Houghton, DJ Gravy, Anicee Gaddis, Nicolette Gibson and Martei Korley. Yes, Spring Break is almost here, when a young man's fancy turns to thoughts of fruity drinks with umbrellas in... Read More...

Old Gold: Jolly Boys Make NY Debut, Drop New EP

Words by Jesse Serwer The Jolly Boys—the legendary, six-decades-and-running, Jamaican mento institution currently enjoying a renaissance thanks to their link-up with Jon Baker's Geejam Recordings and the... Read More...

Toppa Top 10: Soca Monarch Contenders for Carnival 2011!

Words by Rishi Bonneville and Eddie STATS Houghton Carnival time again! As multitudes of ex-pat Trinis and foreign calypso, pan and soca lovers board flights for Port of Spain, the fetes and song competiti... Read More...

LargeUp TV: At Home in St. Elizabeth with Noddy Virtue

Words, photos and video by Martei Korley I first met Noddy Virtue in Vineyard Town at Mikey Bennett's Grafton Studio, but had heard of him long before on various compilations and Alborosie productions… ... Read More...

Family Business: The Week in Marley, Inc.

Words by Jesse Serwer Tomorrow, Sunday February 6 marks what would have been Bob Marley's 66th birthday, and, while the week leading up to this date is always busy with Bob-related news and events, the l... Read More...

Man in The Hills: Hemingway’s Cuban Home Restored

Words by Eddie STATS Houghton, via CNN Speaking of Cubans, CNN must have island fever this month because in addition to interviewing dancehall posterbwoy Skerrit, they just ran this piece on the current ... Read More...

Toppa Top 10: Poirier’s Francophone Top 10 of 2010

Words by Erin MacLeod, as determined by Erin MacLeod and Ghislain Poirier. Mr. OK in Montreal The Toppa Top 10s on LARGE UP thus far have been wide ranging—pan-Caribbean, even—but there’s been one thing ... Read More...

Toppa Top 10: Pan-Caribbean Anthems of 2010

Words by Eddie STATS Houghton, photos via FADER This started out as a list of the biggest Caribbean jams of the year--like the top dancehall, soca, merengue, et cetera songs all thrown in a bag together.... Read More...

We Small Kings: New Passa Passa Book, Exclusive Anicee Gaddis Interview

Words by Erin MacLeod, photos by Allessandro Zuek Simonetti. Last year, just before New Year’s, writer Anicée Gaddis and photographer Alessandro Zuek Simonetti spent an evening at Passa Passa, Swatch Int... Read More...

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...

From DR With Love: Free Music!

Words by Eddie STATS Houghton, via Mad Decent DJ Paul Devro just posted an extra-size portion of his favorite new selections from the Dominican Republic over at the Mad Decent blog; a generous trans-ship... Read More...

Tis The Season: Caribbean Cold and Flu Fixes

Words by J-Rockaz Cold season is upon us and it is high time for some Caribbean holistic remedies for the common cold. If you thought that stuff was all mystical hocus pocus--you were almost right. I mea... Read More...