Barbados Audio Diaries

Mar 27 2023

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Canadian podcaster Richard Perry offers short audio vignettes of life in Barbados. These 30-60 second pieces are little community vignettes — music, anecdotes, overheard conversation, short poems, jokes, and slices of life that capture your attention. They’re short – designed for the modern attention span. With support from Barbados Tourism Marketing, Inc. #Barbados #WeLoveBarbados #MyBarbados

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Sugar mill macheté

Mar 27 2023 1 mins

Why did they keep a macheté nearby as sugar crane was crushed at the famous Morgan Lewis Sugar Mill? Tour guide Sherné Alleyne shares the gruesome story. The wind-driven machinery that ground the sugarcane in the 18th and 19th centuries is still intact, but it suffered serious damage during a freak storm in 2021. It is one of the only two intact and restored sugar mills in the C

Pop Up Coffee Lady

Mar 23 2023 1 mins

Meet Nola Lucas, owner, Pop Up Coffee tent, Pebbles Beach, Barbados. She not only serves coffee and tea to tourists coming to view the race horses getting their bath, but she also plays traffic cop to protect the horses. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/barbadosaudio/message

Thrift shop owner

Mar 22 2023 1 mins

Linda Fields, Designer Bargains, Speightstown. With kind support from Barbados Tourism Marketing, Inc. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/barbadosaudio/message

Church ambassador

Michael Rollins welcomes us to Bethel Methodist Church, Bridgetown, Barbados. This series is produced with the kind support from Barbados Tourism Marketing Inc. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/barbadosaudio/message

Table drummers, Oistins

Three drummers and a dancer weave their way through the food tables at Oistins fish fry, March 3, 2023. Produced with kind support from Barbados Tourism Marketing, Inc. #Oistins #fishfry #MyBarbados #Barbados #LoveBarbados #tourism --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/barbadosaudio/message

Bus #27 -Holetown to Oistins

Most buses boom the local radio DJs. This one offered 'To Sir With Love.' With thanks to Barbados Tourism Marketing, Inc. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/barbadosaudio/message

Entertainment stage, Oistins Fish Fry

There's no shortage of incredible seafood, drumming and entertainment on Friday nights in Oistins. With thanks to Barbados Tourism Marketing, Inc. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/barbadosaudio/message

Coconut Palm Weaver

Mar 02 2023 1 mins

Fyah Acobee, coconut palm weaver, Holetown. See his weaving artistry on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/fyahisobel/. Barbados Audio Diaries is produced by Richard Perry, with kind support from Barbados Tourism Marketing, Inc. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/barbadosaudio/message

Coconut Man

Coconut man, Sunset Crest, Holetown. With support from Barbados Tourism Marketing, Inc. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/barbadosaudio/message

Morning Greeter

Morning greeter, Chattel Village, Holetown. For Barbados Radio Diaries, produced by Richard Perry. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/barbadosaudio/message