World renowned bassist JUAN NELSON passed away on WEDNESDAY, JUNE 9th. Performing with BEN HARPER AND THE INNOCENT CRIMINALS for nearly three decades, NELSON was also a record producer, composer, and songwriter. Born AUGUST 24th, 1958 in CINCINNATI, OH, JUAN moved to CALIFORNIA in the late 60s. “My first bass was a K bass and it cost $70,” JUAN told BASS PLAYER MAGAZINE. “I saved up to buy it, took it home to play it and then found out that I need an amp to hear .
by Bajan Reporter / May 7th, 2021
Tamara Lowe, a poet from the Eastern Caribbean island of Dominica, kicked off the annual Bocas Lit Fest with her poem “
To You Who Love Him.” She was the first in a packed lineup of Regional authors, poets and spoken word artists to perform at the 2021 staging of the annual three-day event presented by the National Gas Company of Trinidad and Tobago.
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This is so surreal for me,” says Lowe, who made her Festival debut this year and was encouraged to enter by Dominican author/poet and 2020 Bocas participant Celia Sorhaindo. “
I submitted the poem with no real expectations and to be selected, and then to participate – it is just a great feeling. I was blown away! I am grateful to the organisers of the Bocas Lit Festival for this amazing opportunity.”