Rihanna's phenomenal success over the past decade has generated international interest in the music of Barbados and has raised the career aspirations of artists hailing from the superstar's Caribbean… ...

Whether joining Rihanna to perform "Bitch Better Have My Money" in her native Barbados or appearing in Nicki Minaj's Trinidad-set "Pound the Alarm" video, Machel Montano is the go-to for providing… By ...

FROM HER INITIAL hit Pon De Replay which peaked at No. 2 on the Hot 100, to her recent designation as the first artiste to surpass the RIAA’s 100 million cumulative singles award threshold, Rihanna’s ...

Departure Festival opens with a celebration of Barbadian talent, launching four days of music and culture in Toronto.

Rule Number one: Know thy terminology. Barbados’s annual Carnival celebration, which wrapped this week, is actually called Crop Over, a name that honors its history: The festival commemorates the ...

On a Friday night last February, a singer in a gold lamé suit and matching kufi stepped off a throne to pounding drums and a loud chanting of his name. As Olatunji performed his single “Ola,” dancers ...

The Bajans celebrate their Afro-Caribbean heritage through music; and calyspo, reggae, drum and soca music can be heard easily throughout the island. But arguably the most musical time of year is the ...

Michael Stabby Bowen made that statement as he reflected on the way the genre and his entertainment persona helped him overcome many of the challenges he experienced. And now that he has benefited ...