In this special edition of Caribbean Free Radio, the intrepid and erudite Nicholas Laughlin, last heard on CFR’s soundseeing tour of Mount St Benedict, takes us on a visit to the burial site of poet W. B. Yeats in the village of Drumcliff in Sligo, Ireland.

As this isn’t a Caribbean subject, I didn’t want to risk upsetting subscribers by enclosing the audio file, so please listen instead via our Online Player or download/stream from this link. It should also be available soon at Soundseeingtours.com.

In which I tour the section of Port of Spain destroyed by fire on April 9, 2005 in the company of architect Mark Franco, and ponder the past, present and future of Trinidad and Tobago’s capital city.

Click here to see photos of the area both during and after the incident. Thanks to Horace Ové for the “during” photos.

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Music played in this podcast:
Growling’s Tiger’s “When I Dead Bury Me Clothes” – free download at Amazon.com, from the CD Knockdown Calypsos | Lionel Belasco’s “Roses of Caracas Waltz” – free download at Amazon.com, from the CD Goodnight Ladies and Gents: The Creole Music of Lionel Belasco | Johnny King’s “Wet Me Down” – free download at Amazon.com, from the CD Heat in De Place: Soca from Trinidad

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It’s not only a film starring Bob Hoskins and Helen Mirren–it’s also CFR’s first soundseeing tour! A bit of a departure from previous ‘casts, in which I inveigle my pal Nicholas to join me on a Good Friday trip up to Mount St. Benedict for tea, and in the process showcase my ignorance of numerous things, including Catholicism, corbeaux and talipot palms. 42 minutes long, so do bear with us.

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Links:
Nicholas’s blog – A must-read, especially since he features an excerpt from the Evelyn Waugh book we mention in the podcast
Evelyn Waugh’s Ninety-two Days (Penguin Travel Library) at Amazon.com
Pax Guest House at Mount St. Benedict – where we had tea
The music featured in this podcast was composed by Elspeth Duncan and used with the permission of the artist

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