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Lovers of living on the edge
Widespread Panic percussionist Domingo "Sunny" Ortiz says one of the requirements for being in the band is to enjoy a big element of musical unpredictability."We like living on the edge," Ortiz said in a recent phone interview.
"I think that was one of the requirements of joining the band, that you wanted to live on the edge. And it's still a barrel of fun for all of us."
Ortiz has certainly seen that outlook play out night after night on stage, where the band changes sets nightly and is known for jams that take songs to new and unexpected places on a regular basis.
With the band's new CD, "Earth To America," Widespread Panic more than ever also took the notion of living on the edge into the studio.
For the first time after eight previous studio albums, the band left its home base of Athens, Ga., for recording and went to Compass Point Studios in the Bahamas to record "Earth To America."
The group also took a break from working with longtime producer John Keane to work with Terry Manning on the CD.
Nevis plays host to CARICOM Heads of Government
Charlestown Nevis (July 6, 2006) The CARICOM Heads of Government held a caucus at the prestigious Four Seasons Resort in Nevis on Wednesday July 5 as part of their 27th Regular Meeting of the Conference of Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) which concludes in St. Kitts later today..
C'bean telecoms to invest in G4 wireless networks
Caribbean telecoms have announced plans to increase its investment in next generation 4G network capacity, to make the region more internationally competitive in mobile information and communications technology (ICT), say industry executives who attended the region's leading telecom industry conference held in the Dominican Republic last week.According to senior executives in the regional telecom industry, over the next 18 months several carriers including Bahamas Telecom, Verizon in the Dominican Republic, TSTT and Laqtel in Trinidad & Tobago, have publicly announced strategies to offer "triple play" services, while at least four other carriers are in the final stages of negotiating their deal with equipment suppliers and local regulators.
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