Category: Features

The Angels Caribbean Band embarked on its 25th anniversary celebration with the Interfaith Harmony: A Time To Remember One Love/One God/One Music, concert celebrating World Interfaith Harmony Week. The event was held at PS 268 in Jamaica Queens. The cast of musicians included the members of the Angels Caribbean Band accompanied by Geeta Bisram, Dexter Mohamed, Rick Ramdehal , Pally Dass and dance performances by the Taranng Dance Troupe. The show was directed and produced by Vinod, Geeta and VJ Bisram. Over the past 25 years, the Angels Caribbean Band…

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This year, China and Guyana are celebrating 47 years of diplomatic relations – a milestone in bilateral relations between the two countries. Guyana was the first English-speaking country in the Caribbean to establish diplomatic ties with China in 1972, resulting in the establishment of an embassy in the capital Beijing. China is the second largest trading partner of Latin America and the Caribbean, which is also a major destination for outbound Chinese investment, second only to Asia. Total China-Latin America trade increased from US$17 billion in 2002 to almost US$262…

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The 2019 Chinese New Year is the year of the pig. It symbolizes wealth and good luck. On behalf of the Chinese Embassy in Guyana, I wish everyone a Happy New Year along with good health, prosperity, a happy family and all the best in the New Year. The Chinese New Year, as the most important traditional festival in China, is part and parcel of the Chinese culture. Today, the Chinese New Year is celebrated by more and more people around the world, turning into a global event. The year…

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Windsor Forest is a small village on the West Coast of Demerara and it is also the first village the Chinese indentured immigrants settled it. Today, the village is predominantly occupied by Indo-Guyanese with very little trace of its Chinese heritage. However there is a monument in the compound of the Windsor Forest Primary School that is dedicated to the Chinese immigrants. Windsor Forest is also the home of Guyana’s First President, Arthur Chung. Photographer Dexter Ceres recently visited the village and took these photos.

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In an industry where there is very little protection guaranteed to the intellectual property of those on the local music scene, artists have to adapt and most of all persevere if they want to become successful. Not only do they have to persevere to become successful, but they also have to persevere to be able to make a living from the music they make since they are not signed to any big label nor do they earn royalties from their music sales. All they do is earn money from the…

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By Lakhram Bhagirat When speaking about the impact of music, media mogul Ted Turner brilliantly said: “Music has a great power for bring people together. With so many forces in this world acting to drive wedges between people, it’s important to preserve those things that help us experience our common humanity.” No matter what you are experiencing, music has the uncanny ability to help you through that. Particularly when it comes to lifting our spirits or forging a bond with our fellow humans, music is always there. The lyrics speak…

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Chutney music is a form indigenous to the southern Caribbean, popular in Trinidad and Tobago, Guyana, Suriname, and other parts of the Caribbean. It is also popular in Fiji, Mauritius, and South Africa. Chutney Music is a mixture of Bhojpuri music with influences from traditional genres such as calypso, soca and Bollywood filmi songs. Chutney music emerged mid-20th century and reached a peak of popularity during the 1980s. Initially lyrics were religious in nature and typically sung by females but as time progressed the males started to dominate the scene.…

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By Lakhram Bhagirat Challenges are a part of our daily existence and overcoming them is what makes us strong individuals, but quite often we have to have that passion for what is on the other side in order to overcome the challenges. So about six years ago when a producer told Deonarine Balkissoon or as we may know him Nishal B that he should never sing again, he lost all hope and gave up. Nishal’s journey into the music industry is quite unconventional, since it was something he did not…

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By Lakhram Bhagirat For Sasenarine Hitnarayan, there are two things he is immensely passionate about and those are cricket and singing. For him, like many artistes, he sees his music as being a tool for uniting people across boundaries. The 26-year-old hails from Number 68 Village on the Corentyne Coast in East Berbice. His passion for singing and cricket developed simultaneously, since he can remember playing cricket from a tender age and started his singing career at just five years old. “I spent most of my childhood days with my…

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Quite often we discover our best selves in moments of peril or even after we would have fought a losing battle. It is in those situations that we discover what we are capable of and how we can transform our lives and the lives of those around us, realising our true potential. It is loss that made Goodwattie Harrynarine realise that she has more than what it takes to make a name for herself in the music industry. It is that very loss that led her to making more music…

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