BACKAYARD Issue 26 First Look

Outline for BACKAYARD Issue 26

DESCRIPTION OF MAGAZINE

Since 2005, BACKAYARD Magazine has driven the Caribbean culture forward sponsoring and hosting events in New York, Miami, Japan, L.A., Kingston, London, Italy and Germany just to name a few. We have distributed more than 260,000 magazines across the Caribbean, Latin America, USA and Europe, and have maintained a readership of 400,000+ devoted reggae music fans and taste makers within that time.
The BAY brand has been synonymous with authenticity, Caribbean lifestyle and reggae culture since its inception, and maintains that same authenticity today! The brand’s ethos and UVP (Unique Value Proposition) has always been “Know Your Roots” – which acts as a call to action for all enthusiasts of the music and culture. It has remained this way for the last 13 years and now we are evolving.
If you are familiar with the publication, then more than likely you would have noticed our new look and feel. But what we are planning is far more interactive and, hopefully, important to your daily life. We at BACKAYARD are moving to creating more online unique content. In all possible platforms in the coming year we are going to deliver audio and visual treats to all who are interested. We are also looking to partner with some of the best influencers and content creators the world over as we look to continue bring to you the best quality we possibly can. Call it the BAY way. Please full joy this edition and don’t forget to check out @backayardlive

Projected segments for BAY Issue #26

Our first segment is the 1One Drop segment where we place the latest relevant plugs and announcements from around the world of Jamaican/Caribbean culture.

The next segment is our Games, Gadgets & Gear section. Brand new tech and services are the focus of this page.

For our Quick Plug section, our intrepid reporter/photographer lizzy brown put pen to paper and gave the definitive review of one of the year’s biggest live concerts Buju Banton’s Long Walk to Freedom at the National Stadium in Kingston Jamaica. In addition to lizzy’s photographs the work of Jik Reuben and Cathy Ann Small were also featured

For Good And Natural Jamaican Agriculture G.A.N.J.A, We stood aside and allowed the good people from GRADE magazine to run a profile on chef/marijuana expert Sherie Hartley

We also took a trip with Cocktail Dreena into Ital Kitchen where we got introduced to some tasty Ackee Cheese Quesadillas

In Early Access we look to profile Lolaa Smiles a rude girl with an undeniable sweet side.

For the BAY: FEATURES we profile Iren Siren and our cover artiste Sevana

We even brought back our Style Flex segment curated by our fashion guru Caos. Desha Ravers is object of our lenses this time around as BAY gets up close and personal with the Street Swag

Studio Time is where we review the newest E.Ps, albums and singles. We also have our reggae & dancehall charts compiled by our music editor Philip Lobban (MusicPhill). This chart is a subsection of MusicPhill Reggae Show which can be heard on Roots FM on Wednesdays 5-6 pm.

And finally Next our pages takes us to WWW? Where When Who which is our social pictorial segment.

And our final page is our PATOIS 876: How To Speak Jamaican. This is where we try to educate the uneducated about the colourful slangs and phrases that make up the Jamaican creole language.