Author: Dara Healy

Dara E Healy “Check Your Ego at the Door” – Sign posted by Quincy Jones above the entrance to the studio the night the song We Are The World was recorded I NEVER really thought of Quincy Jones as someone who had an impact on my life. Yes, I knew he was the one behind […]

Dara E Healy Lakshmi karoti kalyasnam Aarogyam sukh sampsdam Mama shstru vinaashaaya Deep jyotir namostute Mother Lakshmi Grant me all round welfare – spiritual, mental and physical Grant me health, wealth and happiness Destroy all my enemies – internal and external I bow to your light SHHEEYAOW – the sound of the pumpkin as it […]

Dara E Healy A FEW days ago, I looked at the photo of a school in Port of Spain that had to be dismissed early because of gunshots and felt an overwhelming sadness and frustration. The school looked like one of those post-Armageddon structures from violent 80s movies. Dirty, no greenery, and blocks that looked […]

Dara E Healy WHAT DOES it mean to be of Warao heritage in the 21st century? What is the history of these peoples? What language do they speak? How are they part of our nation? No doubt these and many other questions will be answered during the week-long Warao Indigenous Festival which begins tomorrow. Although […]

Dara E Healy “We purposely did not paint the drums. We left them all rusty and looking like dustbin. People start to laugh. What these black men going to do with these old dustbin? When we start up everybody was shocked. They were looking to see where the music coming from…It was really nice. It […]