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Friday, October 9, 2020
Weekend
My perfect Bahamian weekend
Inside
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Digital nomad Antoinette Butler-Smith
6 Puzzles 7 Food
Q. What’s your favourite weekend menu? “Friday and Saturday are usually dubbed take-out days so we’ll probably order pizza or fish/conch snack. Now on Sunday we do the typical Bahamian Sunday meal, Fried Fish, Baked Pork Chops, Crab and rice, macaroni and Cole slaw, yes we make up for Friday and Saturday lol.”
School bus converted into restaurant
8-9 Entertainment
Where in the world is Wally returns
10 Culture
Big Bruh wants to take back the blocks
11 Gardening Water matters
12-13 Literary Lives
The novelist who defined an American era
14 Forgotten Facts 15 Animals
Hidden treasures
16 Art
Young artist catching the eye
AKIA CAN’T STOP THE MUSIC By JEFFARAH GIBSON Tribune Features Writer jgibson@tribunemedia.net DISTANCE has no bearing on artists coming together to create hits. Bahamian artists Akia Knowles, who lives in Hong Kong, and Sketch Carey are proving this, having recently joined forces on the new sultry single “I Can’t Stop”. Since the release of her Christmas EP, “Christmas at The Langham”, in 2018, Akia has been hard at work in the studio working on new music. The new song is a smooth R&B/Soul duet that captures the essence of love at first sight. “The story behind this song was inspired by my first love. I could not stop thinking about him. I could not eat. I could not sleep. I did not want to
Author Q. What will you be binge watching? “Lately I’ve been enjoying the Marvel Series ‘Luke Cage’ so I’ll be between that and ‘Blindspot’, Netflix and chill kinda weekend.”
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Q. If you had to be quarantined with a celebrity who would it be and why? “If I had to be quarantined with a celebrity it would be Michelle Obama because I would be delighted to finally speak with her on
be away from him. He was constantly coaster. You will feel happy, sad, crazy, angry, resentment, hurt, closure, etc. on my mind and I knew a lot of “I bared my soul in this series, people could relate to that feeling. and you’ll understand the emotion of “The giddiness and excitement that the love story I’m conveying.” you experience where you cannot Akia is no stranger to working stop thinking about them with producer Sketch as or cannot stop playing they both collaborated in the fool for them is the 2015 for her smash single feeling,” she said. “Broken Hearted”. It is this concept “Sketch is always fun and feeling the song to collaborate with. I communicates that have been working with Akia believes makes ‘I AKIA Knowles him for over five years now. Can’t Stop’ universal. Every time we work together “I think they can appreciate something magical happens. He is this single simply because it is so quite the creative and great producer. relatable. There are three more volumes It’s really good working with someone to be released after ‘I Can’t Stop’. With who pulls the best out of you.” each volume, the idea behind it was Akia moved to Hong Kong earlier his to show the various emotions that year after residing in China where she were experienced in my personal story. was the resident singer at the Langham I did not want to create a fairytale Hotel in Shanghai. Now she is carving love story, because real life there her own path in Hong Kong in spite of are ups and downs, hurt, happiness, the pandemic-induced lull in the industry. excitement, and pain. ‘Stories of Love’ “Honestly because of COVID, it in a nutshell is an emotional roller
her experiences in her role as First Lady in the White house being a black woman especially given the times that we are in racially.” Q. What do you miss most because of social distancing? “I truly miss being able to travel freely especially on vacation without all of the COVID testing, masks wearing and social distancing. As a Bahamian, I consider our nationality very sociable, so not being able to embrace or even shake the hands of a stranger will take some getting use to.” Q. If you could go anywhere in the world for a COVIDfree weekend where would it be and why? “The perfect weekend for me not having to worry about COVID would be right here in the 242. I love my Bahamas. It’s Truly Better in The Bahamas.”
(musical scene in Hong Kong) is slightly non-existent right now. However, this worked out in my favour because it is boosted my popularity. I am one of the few artists that are doing live performances and that is only because of my ability to perform without a band. I am super grateful my mom forced me to play the piano. It has been my saving grace,” she said. Adjusting to life in Hong Kong has been a walk in the park for the singer. “I look at Hong Kong as the perfect blend of The Bahamas and China. I use that analogy because I still get to experience island life (because Hong Kong is an Island) with beaches, shorts, and slippers yet I still have that metropolitan city living,” she said. As for where the road leads her next, she said: “Time will tell.” The new single is available on all music platforms. For more information, contact Edgy Management at edgymanagementbahamas@ gmail.com or 813-8397.
