Travel Archives - Page 20 of 23

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...

D.R. to Cannes: Filmmaker Albert Xavier Makes History

Words by Eddie STATS Houghton, via Friends We Love New York-raised Dominican auteur Albert Xavier just made film history by getting his new flick Hermafrodita accepted to screen at the world-renowned Can... Read More...

Black Nicaragua: Bluefields Sound Documentary

Words by Eddie STATS Houghton What do pirates, Iran-Contra and reggae music have in common? A Caribbean coastal town in Nicaragua called Bluefields, apparently. Our intrepid Miami correspondent Walshy Fi... Read More...

Blog Alert: New Caribbean Cinema

Words by Eddie STATS Houghton, Images courtesy of Storm Saulter Our dog Storm Saulter--he's the director of Better Must Come, but dancehall fans may also recognize him as the guy who shot Vybz Kartel aga... Read More...

Dark Alliance: Drake and Mavado “Find Your Love” video

Words by Eddie STATS Houghton Like we told you a few weeks back, rap's most-anticipated artist Drake took a page out of the gully gospel for his latest video, casting Mavado as the sharpest point of a lo... Read More...

Radio La-La: Collie Buddz Launches Bermuda FM Station?

Words by Eddie STATS Houghton Bermuda's Royal Gazette reported last week that bermy bashment star Collie Buddz and his brother Matthew Harper have applied for permission to launch a new radio station on ... 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...

Papalote: Champion Sound meets Champion Burrito

Words and photos by DJ Theory (pic #1 provided by Mr.E) Who's lovers rock mixtape is this playing in this Mexican restaurant? And who brought these out-of this world burritos to the club??? ... Read More...

Mas Decent II: Diplo Does Havana

words by Eddie STATS Houghton, via Mad Decent As slightly more than 1/2 of Major Lazer, Diplo is mostly known these days for being the non-Jamaicanest champion of Jamaican dancehall culture on MTV and al... Read More...

Caribbean Gone Green: Earth Day Inna Di Islands

Words by DJ Gravy For a lush area of the world that's synonymous with paradise, going green seems like a logical and necessary step for the Caribbean. There is a good amount of development happening right no... Read More...

Island Afterlife: Grace Jones Speaks

words by Eddie STATS Houghton, via The Guardian Our UK brethren just posted this fascinating interview with fashion's fiercest warrior queen, Jamaica-born Grace Jones. Jonesy drops some gems on being rai... Read More...