Caribbean Beat Magazine

Caribbean Beat Magazine Celebrating over 30 years as the Caribbean diaspora's leading culture, lifestyle & travel magazine. The magazine marked its 30th anniversary in March 2022.

Published by MEP since 1992 — first for BWIA then for Caribbean Airlines — Caribbean Beat is the diaspora's leading magazine on our arts, culture and society. Funded entirely by advertising, this is the region's most widely-distributed magazine, committed to the highest editorial and production standards. Caribbean Beat is the magazine of the real Caribbean — a general-interest, pan-Caribbean publ

ication that gets behind the familiar stereotypes to show how rich Caribbean life really is: its music, art, dance, books, sport, fashion, design, festivals, history, environment, people, lifestyle and much more.

This month’s listening picks from the Caribbean — featuring reviews by Nigel Campbell of new music by Roël Calister; Des...
10/01/2026

This month’s listening picks from the Caribbean — featuring reviews by Nigel Campbell of new music by Roël Calister; Destra x MadLypso; Reo x Nessa Preppy; and Hey Choppi x Voice.

Roël Calister Destra Garcia Hey Choppi Voice

This month’s listening picks from the Caribbean — featuring reviews by Nigel Campbell of new music by Roël Calister; Destra x MadLypso; Reo x Nessa Preppy; ...

Brothers Kory and Kevon Hart of Full Blown Entertainment had the biggest soca riddim of 2025. Laura Dowrich looks at how...
07/01/2026

Brothers Kory and Kevon Hart of Full Blown Entertainment had the biggest soca riddim of 2025. Laura Dowrich looks at how these Road March and Soca Monarch-winning songwriters turned singers continue to expand the boundaries of soca music, on their own terms.

Full Blown Laura Dowrich-Phillips

Brothers Kory and Kevon Hart of Full Blown Entertainment had the biggest soca riddim of 2025. Laura Dowrich looks at how these Road March and Soca Monarch-w ...

Shelly-Ann Inniss on the major festivals, holidays, and celebrations across the region this January and February.Discove...
04/01/2026

Shelly-Ann Inniss on the major festivals, holidays, and celebrations across the region this January and February.

Discover Puerto Rico Visit Barbados My St. Kitts VisitJamaica Bequia Music Fest British Virgin Islands Shelly Inniss

Shelly-Ann Inniss on the major festivals, holidays, and celebrations across the region this January and February

Happy new year, everyone! 🥂 In the new January/February 2026 issue of Caribbean Beat ( #192: https://www.caribbean-beat....
01/01/2026

Happy new year, everyone! 🥂 In the new January/February 2026 issue of Caribbean Beat ( #192: https://www.caribbean-beat.com/current-issue), explore unforgettable regional events, experiences, and destinations before catching up on new Caribbean music, book, and film releases 📚🎧🎥
Then meet Christopher and Lisa Binns of Jamaica’s award-winning Stush in the Bush restaurant; young Barbadian climate activist Ashley Lashley; Curaçaoan sustainable jeweller Junaiska Geferts; five rising T&T soca stars; and Road March and Soca Monarch-winning songwriters turned singers Kory and Kevon Hart (Full Blown Entertainment). 🇯🇲🇧🇧🇨🇼🇹🇹
Explore traditional T&T Carnival through the lens of photographer Lisa Fernandez; how the diaspora destinations are building their own Carnival economies; and the wonders of Sint Maarten’s unique We Culture museum. 🇬🇩🇨🇦🇸🇽
Learn about how 2026 marks some major milestones in soca and calypso’s evolution; the history of Carriacou; and the people tirelessly working to care for Antigua’s street dogs. 🇦🇬🐕
Enjoy it all in your take-home copy on your next Caribbean Airlines flight; via a print or digital subscription; or read for free online (along with classics from our archive)! 😎

Cover: Russell Grant portrays “The Ringed Parrot” from Moko Sõmõkow's 2019 presentation of "The Palace of the Peacock"

📸 Maria Nunes

Caribbean Airlines MEP Publishers (Media & Editorial Projects Ltd) Maria Nunes

Inside the current issue of Caribbean Beat, the inflight magazine of Caribbean Airlines

Resolving to read more in the New Year? We close out 2025 revisiting this month’s reading picks from the Caribbean, with...
31/12/2025

Resolving to read more in the New Year? We close out 2025 revisiting this month’s reading picks from the Caribbean, with reviews by Shivanee Ramlochan of A Quiet Disappearance by Rabindranath Maharaj; Heirloom by Catherine-Esther Cowie; The Snag by Tessa McWatt; and Putting Myself Together: Writing 1974– by Jamaica Kincaid.

Mawenzi House Publishers Ltd. Carcanet Press Farrar, Straus and Giroux Penguin Random House Catherine Cowie Shivanee N. Ramlochan

https://www.caribbean-beat.com/issue-191/book-buzz-reviews-nov-dec-2025-15-3

Don't miss this month’s listening picks from the Caribbean — featuring reviews by Nigel Campbell of new music by Lila Ik...
28/12/2025

Don't miss this month’s listening picks from the Caribbean — featuring reviews by Nigel Campbell of new music by Lila Iké; Jean Caze; Freetown Collective & BLAKGOLD; Ron Blake; Will Gittens; and 9Ni9ht feat. Lee ‘Scratch’ Perry.

Lila Iké Jean Amédé Caze Freetown Collective Ron Blake Music Will Gittens Lee Scratch Perry (official) Nigel A. Campbell

https://www.caribbean-beat.com/issue-191/music-buzz-reviews-nov-dec-2025

A very special Throwback Thursday - Christmas Edition! The Caribbean is full of words with fascinating origins and histo...
25/12/2025

A very special Throwback Thursday - Christmas Edition! The Caribbean is full of words with fascinating origins and histories — including those for our favourite festive foods. The University of the West Indies linguistics lecturer Dr Jo-Anne S Ferreira shares some insights, and why what some consider linguistic “corruptions” are really preservations and innovations — as told to Caroline Taylor (originally published in issue 173).

Caroline Taylor

The Caribbean is full of words with fascinating origins and histories — including those for our favourite festive foods. The University of the West Indies l ...

Every December, the districts of Quebradillas and Comerío in Puerto Rico celebrate their heritage with Jíbaro festivals,...
22/12/2025

Every December, the districts of Quebradillas and Comerío in Puerto Rico celebrate their heritage with Jíbaro festivals, sometimes including lights.

Discover Puerto Rico

One last look of distinct Caribbean landscapes and experiences

The Caribbean Beat team shares some cherished Caribbean experiences from our own bucket lists, and other perennial favou...
19/12/2025

The Caribbean Beat team shares some cherished Caribbean experiences from our own bucket lists, and other perennial favourites that we recommend for yours! Share your own faves in the comments!

Discover Dominica Visit Barbados Cuba Travel Travel Saint Lucia Discover St. Vincent and The Grenadines

The Caribbean Beat team shares some cherished Caribbean experiences from our own bucket lists, and other perennial favourites that we recommend for yours!

As many celebrate various cherished holidays across the globe, Giselle Laronde-West turns the spotlight on an organisati...
16/12/2025

As many celebrate various cherished holidays across the globe, Giselle Laronde-West turns the spotlight on an organisation trying to ensure that every woman — no matter her circumstances — has the chance not just to survive, but thrive.

Conflict Women, Ltd Asiya Mohammed Giselle laronde Giselle West

📷: Scully Photography, courtesy Conflict Women

https://www.caribbean-beat.com/issue-191/asiya-mohammed-conflict-women-takes-village

There’s nowhere in the region quite like Guyana — a country with rich natural and cultural heritage, and now one of the ...
13/12/2025

There’s nowhere in the region quite like Guyana — a country with rich natural and cultural heritage, and now one of the fastest growing economies in the world. Explore “the land of many waters” in our latest issue!

Discover Guyana

There’s nowhere in the region quite like Guyana — a country with rich natural and cultural heritage, and now one of the fastest growing economies in the world

Last July, an International Court of Justice ruling delivered a historic win for small islands — but what does this mean...
10/12/2025

Last July, an International Court of Justice ruling delivered a historic win for small islands — but what does this mean for Caribbean leaders and climate justice advocates going forward? Erline Andrews investigates.

Erline Andrews

Last July, an International Court of Justice ruling delivered a historic win for small islands — but what does this mean for Caribbean leaders and climate j ...

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Published since 1992 by MEP as the in-flight magazine first for BWIA and then for Caribbean Airlines, Caribbean Beat is the Caribbean’s leading magazine on Caribbean arts, culture and society. It marked its 25th anniversary with its March/April 2017 issue (#144), and its 150th issue in March/April 2018.

Caribbean Beat magazine is a general-interest, pan-Caribbean publication about the real Caribbean. The magazine's original mandate was was to get behind the familiar stereotypes of the region and diaspora to show how rich Caribbean life really is — its music, art, dance, books, sport, fashion, design, festivals, history, environment, people, lifestyle. It's a mandate we’ve stayed true to for over a quarter century, making Caribbean Beat the only magazine of its kind, and an ongoing resource for students, researchers, and lovers of all things Caribbean.

This is the region's most widely-distributed magazine, committed to the highest editorial, ethical, and production standards. In addition to its distribution on Caribbean Airlines planes and via print subscriptions, the magazine is also reproduced in full on the caribbean-beat.com website (including a near-complete digital archive of the magazine), and on MEP’s Yumpu, Magzter, and Issuu accounts.