Beyond The Feathers
Beyond The Feathers explores Caribbean Carnival beyond the costumes, fetes and road parade. Hosted by cultural storyteller Mikaela Ian, it looks at the culture, creativity, business, music, travel and traditions behind the celebration. Episodes feature conversations with DJs, creators, artists, entrepreneurs, tourism leaders, masqueraders and cultural figures across the Caribbean and its diaspora. The show examines Carnival's history, economics, evolution and the issues the culture is discussing now. New episodes are released weekly.
Episodes
Tony X on Carnival Culture, Reading the Crowd, and Grenada’s Authenticity
Mikaela Ian talks with Tony X about growing up around Trinidadian carnival culture and building a career as an MC and DJ on the international carnival circuit. They explore how he reads a crowd, why different places call for different musical choices, and how DJs can help songs become hits.Tony also shares the less visible side of the work: constant travel, little sleep, time away from family, net
Voice: The Song That Changed Everything
Trinidadian singer-songwriter Voice is one of soca’s leading artists, best known for hits including Cheers to Life, Far From Finished and Year for Love.In this episode of Beyond the Feathers, Voice sits down with Mikaela Ian to talk about the song that changed his career, almost walking away from music, what soca means to him and creating music that becomes part of people’s Carnival memories.He al
