São Luís do Maranhão — Brazil’s reggae city | Travellers’ tales By David Katz | Issue 150 (March/April 2018) Founded in 1612 on Brazil’s Atlantic coast, the city of São Luís do Maranhão is a treasurehouse of historic achitecture, encrusted with ornate blue tiles, and has a long tradition of avant-garde poets. It’s also — as unlikely as it sounds — a hotbed of reggae music. David Katz pays a visit, to investigate how this city more than two thousand miles from Kingston has adopted reggae as its very own, with a new museum celebrating the cultural link
Word of mouth (January/February 2017) By David Katz | Issue 143 (January/February 2017) A new museum in Kingston pays tribute to reggae legend Peter Tosh; and it’s Carnival season across the Caribbean!
Jean “Binta” Breeze: memories from the verandah By David Katz | Issue 141 (September/October 2016) Lauded as the first female dub poet, Jamaican Jean “Binta” Breeze writes from a sensibility informed by the political ferment of her youth, and her struggles with mental illness. David Katz finds out more
Word of mouth (July/August 2015) By Philip Sander and David Katz | Issue 134 (July/August 2015) Haiti hosts the Caribbean’s biggest arts festival, and a London exhibition celebrates the legacy of John La Rose
Dubbing is a must By David Katz | Issue 133 (May/June 2015) In recent years, the Jamaican music scene has been gripped by a “Reggae Revival,” and the movement’s ground zero is a weekly gathering of musicians and fans high in the hills above Kingston. David Katz treks up to the Kingston Dub Club and meets founder DJ Gabre Selassie
Caribbean Bookshelf (January/February 2002) By Nicholas Laughlin, Robert Clarke and David Katz | Issue 53 (January/February 2002) This month's reading picks
Beer essentials: what’s brewing at Grenada’s West Indies Beer Company By David Katz | Issue 128 (July/August 2014) As the international craft beer trend spreads to the Caribbean, the popular ales made by Grenada’s fledgling West Indies Beer Company are brewing up a quiet storm. David Katz finds out more
CD Reviews (March/April 2011) By David Katz | Issue 108 (March/April 2011) The new music that are reflecting the region right now
Gregory Isaacs: farewell to the cool ruler By David Katz | Issue 107 (January/February 2011) David Katz pays tribute to reggae singer Gregory Isaacs
The long song of Andrea Levy By David Katz | Issue 105 (September/October 2010) A sugar plantation in 19th-century Jamaica is the scene of the novelist’s ambitious new book. She talked about it with David Katz
Island Life: the story of Island Records By David Katz | Issue 100 (November/December 2009) One label has been bringing Caribbean music to the world for 50 years. David Katz tells the story of Island Records
Around the world with the Skatalites By David Katz | Issue 98 (July/August 2009) They may have slowed down a little, but this seminal band is still playing its zany, high-energy music. David Katz was drawn into their orbit
Byron Lee: from Ska to Soca By David Katz | Issue 96 (March/April 2009) The half-century career of Byron Lee, Jamaican bandleader and businessman, stretched the length of the region and covered many genres of its music too
Karen King-Aribisala: hanging in the balance By David Katz | Issue 95 (January/February 2009) Guyanese writer Karen King-Aribisala discovered there’s a fine line between fiction and reality when she wrote an award-winning novel
Du dup and djun-djuns: the Laventille Rhythm Section By David Katz | Issue 94 (November/December 2008) Mesmerised by the sound of the Laventille Rhythm Section, David Katz didn’t notice he was being baptised in blue paint at 3 am one Trinidad Carnival
Roy Heath: a man goes home By David Katz | Issue 93 (September/October 2008) David Katz recalls the career of the late Guyanese writer
Top 10 things to do in Grenada By David Katz | Issue 92 (July/August 2008) From remote hot springs to Italian food on Grand Anse beach, Grenada provides unexpected activities for the fun-loving...
Love the Mikey Dread By David Katz | Issue 92 (July/August 2008) David Katz looks back on the life of Jamaican producer Mikey Dread
Shadon Beni and Spanish Thyme By David Katz | Issue 91 (May/June 2008) David Katz tastes the nostalgia in Michael Anatol’s pepper sauce
Top 10 reggae CDs By David Katz | Issue 90 (March/April 2008) From Catch a Fire to Blackheart Man, David Katz counts down his top 10 reggae albums of all time
