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Mixtape Mondays: Forever Summer + Weekend Mixtape Roundup

Words by Jesse Serwer Fall has officially set in here in NYC. Trees are going brown, snorkels are being worn and summer is sinking deeper into the rearview mirror of a vehicle headed for an inevitable co... Read More...

Mighty Arrow, 1949-2010

Words by Jesse Serwer As the Jamaica Observer and other outlets have reported, the great Montserrat calypsonian Alphonsus "Arrow" Cassell, a/k/a Mighty Arrow, passed away Wednesday following a battle wit... Read More...

Piece of Heat: Notting Hill Carnival Kit

Words by Eddie STATS Houghton, via Heatwave Jetsetting Carnival-hoppers have mostly recovered from Caribana and Jamaican Independence enough to turn their attention towards London, where Europe's largest... Read More...

Caribana Queens, Part 1: Exclusive Nurse Karen Interview

Words by Erin MacLeod When Caribana time came around, we sent out the call northward for a Canada-based correspondent who could get us the inside junglejuice. The universe came back to us with Ethiopia-s... Read More...

Crop Over: Win a Trip to Barbados!

Words by Eddie STATS Houghton, via Caribbean Fever You have read the headline correctly. Caribbean music Icon (and my Brooklyn neighbor) Davhed Levy is offering you the chance at a free trip to Barbados ... Read More...

Fear of a Black China: Exclusive SupaDups Interview!

Words by Eddie STATS Houghton If you passed him on the street, you might not recognize Dwayne Quin-Chee as the founder of Black Chiney Soundsystem and one of the most influential DJs and producers to eve... Read More...

She’s the One: Rawlston and Tina Charles

Words by Jesse Serwer Father and daughter share a hug at last Thursday's draft Soca warriors know Rawlston Charles as the producer behind Charlie's Records, which released music by Lord Kitchener, the... Read More...

2 Kings: New Walshy Fire Soca Mix ft. Machel Montano

words by Eddie STATS Houghton Looks like our boy Walshy's pointed questions for Machel Montano on missing Trinidad Carnival 2010 have not strained their friendly relations any because here is the socaviv... Read More...

Large Up Exclusive: Machel Montano and Walshy Fire

Words by Eddie STATS Houghton httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gfZgQs2ofSE This is a warning: you may hear us dropping the name of our Miami correspondent Walshy Fire a lot in the near future. Not only is ... Read More...

Trinitech: Jillionaire’s Culture Bash

Our man in Port of Spain--known to the masses as Jillionaire Juice--just posted a post-bashment carnival mix over at the newly-redesigned Mad Decent site. It's a mix of soca, warp-speed dancehall and housey... Read More...

Kings of the Road: JW and Blaze

Words by Eddie STATS Houghton Jillionaire Juice, our Trinidad correspondent and resident carnival-stalker (does that make him a Carny?) just put us on to this song, which dominated the festivities in T&... Read More...

Jillionaire’s Guide to Trinidad Carnival

Words by Jillionaire Juice If you're like us, you are too broke to go to carnival but too stressed by 2010 not to, even if it means debt-setting down to Trinidad on a stolen credit card. In that spirit w... Read More...

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