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
Do the Cubans do reggae? By David Katz | Issue 116 (July/August 2012) Jamaica is only 90 miles from Cuba’s south coast: could rumours of an underground reggae scene in Cuba possibly be true? David Katz finds out
Jimmy Cliff: Many rivers to cross By David Katz | Issue 115 (May/June 2012) In an extract from his new biography of the singer, David Katz tells how the young Jimmy Cliff made his breakthrough
Painting the real picture: Grenadian women in art By David Katz | Issue 114 (March/April 2012) Grenada’s women artists are going beyond the stereotypes of regional art. David Katz spoke to them
Farewell to Fatis Burrell By David Katz | Issue 114 (March/April 2012) The death of Fatis Burrell dealt another blow to Jamaican music, laments David Katz
Jamaica loses Joel Chin By David Katz | Issue 113 (January/February 2012) David Katz on a tragic and shocking death
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
Sugar Minott: a sweet voice falls silent By David Katz | Issue 106 (November/December 2010) David Katz pays tribute to a pioneer of lovers rock reggae
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
