Baz Dreisinger appears in the following:
Carnival Was Cancelled, But The Soca Hits Kept Coming
Tuesday, February 16, 2021
Showdown, The Caribbean Answer To Verzuz, Is Part Of A Long-Running Musical Exchange
Wednesday, January 27, 2021
The Prison Strike in Context
Wednesday, September 12, 2018
It's Not Just Reggae, Says Chronixx: Call It 'Black Experimental Music'
Monday, August 21, 2017
The Future of Mass Incarceration in America
Tuesday, November 22, 2016
Investigating Prisons Around the Globe
Monday, September 05, 2016
From The 2016 Crop Over Festival, A Feast of Caribbean Soca Music
Friday, August 05, 2016
A Look Inside Prisons Around the Globe
Wednesday, March 16, 2016
What Would a Humane Jail Look Like?
Thursday, March 10, 2016
Cultural Exploration Via Cruise Ships Starts On Board
Sunday, November 29, 2015
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Trinidad's Steelpan Players Turn Trash Into Something Beautiful
Saturday, May 23, 2015
If countries had national instruments, then the steelpan would be Trinidad's. In an island nation of just 1.5 million people, there are about 70 steel bands registered to compete in the annual Panorama competition, which takes place during the island's Carnival—the biggest in the Caribbean.
Several nights before Carnival Tuesday, ...
In South Africa, Soulful Music Delivers Serious Messages
Monday, March 16, 2015
A Supposedly Irie Thing I'll Most Certainly Do Again
Thursday, December 04, 2014
DAY ONE
How much Bob Marley paraphernalia can you cram on a single boat?
That's no riddle. I'm sincerely pondering this as I stand in line at the Port of Miami, about to board the Norwegian Pearl. I am going on a cruise.
I am going on a cruise.
Never ...
Pentagon Says It Failed In Rescue Of American Hostage Last Month
Thursday, December 04, 2014
The Pentagon says it launched a mission in Yemen last month to snatch hostages from al-Qaida-affiliated captors, but that they failed to rescue British-born American Luke Somers among others because they "were not present at the targeted location."
In a written statement released today, Pentagon press secretary Rear Adm. ...
Hip-Hop In Print: Brooklyn Publisher Looks To 'Reverse Gentrify' Literature
Saturday, August 30, 2014
At this summer's Calabash International Literary Festival in Jamaica, thousands turned up for readings by big-name authors: Salman Rushdie, Jamaica Kincaid, Zadie Smith and Albert Johnson. Odds are the name Albert Johnson doesn't ring a bell. But if you're a hip-hop fan, you might recognize the author by another name: ...
Chronixx: 'I'm Not A Perfectionist With Music'
Tuesday, July 29, 2014
Summertime bodes well for reggae music. The genre's biggest crossover moves — from Sean Paul to I Wayne — have been made during the balmier months, when Americans relax enough to stretch the geographical limits of our soundtracks. This year's case in point: Chronixx, Jamaica's current it-artist, steadily ...
Jamaica's Hottest New-School Reggae Artists Return To Roots
Sunday, December 29, 2013
Live bands. Soulful music. Substantive lyrics. I could be describing the Jamaican music scene circa 1976, the heyday of Bob Marley. But I'm talking about a sound that dominated at this year's Reggae Sumfest, Jamaica's biggest annual music festival.
Jamaican artist Chronixx, 20, performed live before nearly 10,000 ...
In South Africa, A Reggae Legacy Lives On
Saturday, March 30, 2013
It's Thursday night in downtown Johannesburg and some 500 people are packed into Bassline, a warehouse-like club in a hipster-friendly neighborhood. They're here for South Africa's longest-running sound system, or crew of reggae DJs. But tonight they get something extra: a young woman sporting dreadlocks and an army cap gets ...
