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Return to Kairi: A Trinidad and Tobago Journey

Return to Kairi: A Trinidad and Tobago Journey

This pictorial travel book addresses the idea of perspective: the many differences in the ways others see us, and even the way we see ourselves.

1998

Cyan Studios Staff (Photographer), et al.

Cyan Studios Staff (Photographer), Nigel A. Campbell

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Nigel A. Campbell

Bob Marley: One Love — A conversation with actor Hector ‘Roots’ Lewis

Imagine if you will, that you are casually checking email after a concert on your 2022 West coast US music tour supporting your recent…

Feb 27

Bob Marley: One Love — A conversation with actor Hector ‘Roots’ Lewis

Feb 27

Nigel A. Campbell

Caribbean connections: The diaspora generation moves global music

Before Bajan superstar Rihanna — The Right Excellent Robyn Rihanna Fenty, if you nasty! — starred in the Super Bowl LVII Halftime Show in…

Jan 10

Caribbean connections: The diaspora generation moves global music

Jan 10

Nigel A. Campbell

The Two Lives of Harry Belafonte, 1927–2023

Harry Belafonte 1927–2023. Image © 2011, David Shankbone

May 19, 2023

Harry Belafonte (1927–2023) at the Vanity Fair party celebrating the 10th anniversary of the Tribeca Film Festival. Image © David Shankbone

May 19, 2023

Nigel A. Campbell

Soca Music is 50 years old

In 1973, fifty years ago, there was an evolution of the calypso, and a redefinition of the sound and the business of Carnival music. Fifty…

Mar 30, 2023

Soca Music is 50 years old

Mar 30, 2023

Nigel A. Campbell

Cheslie Kryst at 30: an essay as an unheard and unseen cry for help

Cheslie Kryst’s essay in Allure

Feb 2, 2022

Essay by Cheslie Kryst in Allure

Feb 2, 2022

Nigel A. Campbell

The Illustrated Story of Pan: Second Edition — a review

Review of second edition of the principal tome on the steelpan. It is a renewed celebration of that “audacity of the Creole imagination…”

May 18, 2021

The Illustrated Story of Pan: Second Edition — a review

May 18, 2021

Nigel A. Campbell

Just how popular is Soca music?

Swedish audio streaming giant, Spotify recently announced that it was expanding its reach by offering its subscription service to 80+ new…

Mar 15, 2021

Just how popular is Soca music?

Mar 15, 2021

Nigel A. Campbell

The State and the COVID-19 Trinidad Carnival: “No wining indoors” and missed opportunities

Carnival 2021 is making the government show its true colours. Aside from narrow definitions of Carnival and a reticence to allow…

Feb 11, 2021

The State and the COVID-19 Trinidad Carnival: “No wining indoors” and missed opportunities

Feb 11, 2021

Nigel A. Campbell

Ralph Byron Campbell: a tribute

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Jul 15, 2020

Ralph Byron Campbell: a tribute

Jul 15, 2020

Nigel A. Campbell

An Eye on History, A Witness to Murder

Darnella Frazier. Remember that name. History books in the future will record the names of witnesses in this time of the video camera…

Jun 7, 2020

An Eye on History, A Witness to Murder

Jun 7, 2020

Nigel A. Campbell

Nigel A. Campbell

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An entertainment writer, reviewer, podcaster and music businessman focused on expanding the appeal of island music globally. | www.iradio.tt | www.jazz.tt |

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