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Lenny Kravitz Is Headlining a Nassau Festival With World-Class Chefs, Caribbean Art, and Global Flavors

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When The Bahamas Culinary & Arts Festival returns to Nassau’s Baha Mar this fall, it will do so with a headliner who embodies the spirit of the islands: four-time Grammy Award–winner and Bahamian rock legend Lenny Kravitz, whose love for The Bahamas is boundless. His performance will anchor the Oct. 22–26 festival, setting the tone […]

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Dave Mason, Forever Feelin’ Alright in St Thomas

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Musician Dave Mason’s biography reads like a who’s-who of rock history: the co-founder of the band Traffic with Steve Winwood, Jim Capaldi, and Chris Wood, writer of “Feelin’ Alright,” and performer of the ‘70s hit “We Just Disagree” counted Jimi Hendrix among his closest friends and has collaborated with everyone from Paul McCartney and George […]

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Relaunching Bob Marley’s Classic “Exodus”

This June, The Marley Family, Island Records and UMe will celebrate the 40th anniversary of Bob Marley & the Wailers’ classic Exodus album. The band’s ninth studio album was released on June 3, 1977, featuring a new backing band, and was named “Best Album of the Century” by Time magazine in 1999. To mark the […]

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In Martinique, A Major Performance Art Festival

The island of Martinique is playing host to a major new global arts festival this week: the International Festival of Performance Art. The event is being held through April 22 at the Hotel Imperatrice in Fort de France. It’s being directed by Annabel Gueredrat and Henri Tauliaut, with the aim of connecting performers, art critics, […]


Relaunching Bob Marley’s Classic “Exodus”

The 13th edition of the Caribbean’s biggest arts festival, CARIFESTA, is coming to Barbados. The island nation will host more than 3,000 artists and artisans for the Caribbean Festival of the Arts, a showcase for arts including dance, music, theater, fashion, food and film. “CARIFESTA embodies the spirit and vibrancy of the Caribbean community, culture, […]

How Sammi Starr Is Giving a New Soundtrack to Bahamian Travel

Bahamas-born Sammi Starr, Sony Music recording artist, has announced the launch of “#Bahamas, Your Best Picture Deserves My Best Song,” a grassroots social media campaign aiming to share with the world Sammi’s love his country and the sounds of its Junkanoo festival through his song “Jump in Da Line,” a single produced and remixed by […]

The Perfect Phone Case, Straight from the Caribbean

By Sarah Greaves-Gabbadon CJ Travel Editor Forget straw baskets and canvas beach bags; there’s a new way to carry a piece of the Caribbean with you. British Virgin Islands-based designer Kristin Frazer, owner of Trèfle Designs, has partnered with manufacturer OtterBox on a pair of exclusive iPhone cases that reflect not only the vibrant colors […]

A Nassau Art Studio Heads to New York

By Dana Niland CJ Contributor Nassau-based gallery and artist cooperative Popop International Center for the Visual Arts has announced it will be exhibiting at international art fair Volta NY for the fourth consecutive year. The selected galleries hail from 50 cities around the world and feature artists of 43 nationalities. This year, the featured artist […]

VIDEO: Bob Marley’s Grandson Has Serious Talent

The Marley family has been continuing to expand the power of its name for years, both in the musical realm and beyond. And it’s now clear that the newest branches of Bob Marley’s family tree are equally strong. Marley’s 19-year-old grandson Skip, the son of his first-born daughter Cedella Marley, is also a reggae artist, […]

Why Antigua and Barbuda is the New Caribbean Hollywood

A major new Caribbean film hub By Dana Niland CJ Contributor Is Antigua the new Caribbean Hollywood? Golden Island Filmworks, an independent feature film finance and production company, has closed on a $125 million equity financing agreement with the government of Antigua and Barbuda that will commit to an initial slate of five feature films […]

Poets of the Caribbean

By the Caribbean Journal staff The Organization of American States has launched a new exhibition aimed at highlighting the poets of the Caribbean region. “Poets of the Caribbean” opened this week at the headquarters of the OAS in Washington, DC. The exhibition compiles photos of 62 poets, both English and Spanish-speaking, throughout the region. The […]

In One Puerto Rican City, a Transformation Through Art

A new look through artistic engagement By the Caribbean Journal staff It’s a new kind of art in one Puerto Rican city. Puerto Rican artist Sofia Maldonado is leading a new movement in the territory’s urban space, looking to revitalize Puerto Rico through public art. Maldonado’s latest project, Cromática, Caguas a Color, has transformed several unused […]