The Incomparable Marisa

We're just lucky in Barbados that Marisa Lindsay isn't rich and famous and jetting all over the world for big bucks - not yet anyway.  Because she isn't, we get to hear and see her fairly often - which still isn't enough. Every Christmas, she performs at Carols By Candlelight and a few years ago we had the delight of hearing her open for Jill Scott at the Sir Garfield Sobers Gymnasium - that's when we had to get the album - Submit to Love (btw both her albums were produced by Grenadian Eddie Bullen, who grew up just round the corner from us in St. Paul's, Grenada).

With a voice and a personality to go with it she is truly amazing to hear and to watch.  Our most recent opportunity, came last Sunday at the Barbados Jazz festival, at Farley Hill national park.  She was a featured artiste but to my deep disappointment she only sang what seemed like 3 songs (no doubt due to some poor planning by the organisers).

Despite not having a press pass to get me up close, I found an unoccupied platform set up for a video cam which gave me the perfect vantage point.  Anywhere else than Barbados of course it would have been full of people already, but that's another story.