John Masouri
- 4 days ago
Echoes 2022 - September
In this issue our two main reggae features place On U Sound's Adrian Sherwood and legendary Jamaican master drummer Sly Dunbar under the...
John Masouri
- Sep 5
Reggae Vibes 77 - September 2022
Reggae Vibes is the leading French publication for reggae music and has been for nearly fifteen years now. I'm honoured to have been a...
John Masouri
- Aug 20
Echoes Magazine - August 2022
Thanks to Horace Andy and also Mista Savona for their interviews in this month's Echoes. Both celebrate the release of new albums -...
John Masouri
- Jul 18
Echoes - July 2022
Hollie Cook and the Chineke! Orchestra are the main reggae features in this month's Echoes. Hollie's latest album Happy Hour is the most...
John Masouri
- Jul 18
Echoes - June 2022
For this month's issue of Echoes I interviewed two of the biggest names in Jamaican music - dancehall legend Sean Paul, giving us the...
John Masouri
- May 12
Echoes - May 2022 Issue
This month's Echoes has an exclusive interview that I did with Burning Spear, who's back touring again after an absence of several years....
John Masouri
- Apr 18
Reggae Vibes 76 - April 2022
Thank you to Pierre and Gilbert at Reggae Vibes for the opportunity in writing a latest cover feature on Koffee, and to Koffee herself...
John Masouri
- Apr 7
Echoes 2022 - April Issue
This month's cover star is UK jazz/reggae guitarist Ciyo Brown, who discusses his latest album Can We Pretend at length in this issue....
John Masouri
- Mar 14
Echoes Magazine - March 2022
The March issue of Echoes Magazine puts UK reggae maestro Dennis Bovell in the spotlight. His latest album Dub Master is an anthology of...
John Masouri
- Feb 13
Echoes Magazine - February 2022
The first Echoes Magazine of 2022 marks their 46th year of covering the best in black music and has the usual excellent mix of soul,...
John Masouri
- Jan 24
Reggae Vibes 75 - January / February Issue
It's always a pleasure for authors like myself to really stretch out and cover a subject in some depth, knowing that the publication will...
John Masouri
- Dec 14, 2021
Echoes Magazine - December 2021 Issue
This latest issue of Echoes Magazine completes the publication's 45th Anniversary year with our writers' Top 5 Albums in the fields of...
John Masouri
- Dec 14, 2021
Echoes Magazine - November 2021 Issue
Xana Romeo, daughter of the legendary Max Romeo, talks about her new album The Root Of X and also issues concerning the current Jamaican...
John Masouri
- Sep 19, 2021
Echoes - September Issue
The reggae world has lost so many seminal figures in recent years that it truly feels like the end of an era. We pay tribute to two more...
John Masouri
- Sep 13, 2021
Riddim 106 - October Issue
Twenty years after they first started, I'm delighted to still be writing for Riddim Magazine. Although written in German, it's remained...
John Masouri
- Sep 13, 2021
Echoes Magazine - August Issue
The lead reggae interview in this month's Echoes is with Sizzla, the controversial Jamaican deejay who talks about his latest album So...
John Masouri
- Sep 13, 2021
Echoes Magazine - July Issue
I started writing the lead reggae feature in this latest Echoes just before the legendary U Roy passed away. The Deejay Godfather would...
John Masouri
- Sep 13, 2021
Reggae Vibes - July/August Issue
In this latest edition of Reggae Vibes is a French language version of my interview with Alborosie, currently celebrating the release of...
John Masouri
- Sep 13, 2021
Riddim Magazine 105 - Autumn Issue
I've been a contributor to the world's leading specialist reggae magazine - now only available in German unfortunately - for over twenty...
John Masouri
- Jun 10, 2021
Echoes Magazine - June 2021 Issue
In this issue UB40 celebrate the release of Bigga Baggariddim - an album that revives a concept first used on their Baggariddim set from...
John Masouri
- May 20, 2021
Bob Marley & The Wailers - The Capitol Session '73
.At last! Thanks to director Martin Disney for commissioning me to write the liner notes for this first official release of Bob Marley...
John Masouri
- May 20, 2021
Riddim Magazine - April/May 2021
In this latest issue of Riddim magazine - No. 104 already! - there's a German translation of my article discussing how David Rodigan was...
John Masouri
- Mar 14, 2021
Echoes Magazine - March 2021
Amazingly – because we’re quite shy really - it’s Echoes’ 45th Anniversary and whilst I wasn’t there at the start, I feel proud to have...
John Masouri
- Feb 22, 2021
Echoes Magazine - February 2021
I never imagined seeing Echoes - once known as Black Echoes - celebrate its 45th Anniversary but it's still going strong with founder...
John Masouri
- Dec 18, 2020
Echoes Magazine - December 2020.
Writing about the Year In Reggae amidst all the loss and upheaval of the last twelve months wasn't easy given that a global pandemic has...
John Masouri
- Dec 17, 2020
The Marley Files
The Marley Files: One Foundation. Jook Joint Press. ISBN 978-0-9933759-5-8. The Marley Files is the second instalment of my Reggae...
John Masouri
- Dec 13, 2020
Miss Pat - My Reggae Music Journey
I was honoured to be chosen as the principal ghostwriter for this new book by VP Records' legendary Miss Pat, whose journey within reggae...
John Masouri
- Dec 13, 2020
Echoes Magazine - November 2020
The reggae world has lost so many key people this year, and not just from COVID related illnesses. In Vibes this month we pay tribute to...
John Masouri
- Dec 13, 2020
Echoes Magazine - October 2020
The shadow of Toots' passing hung over us as we worked on this issue. I pay tribute to the late reggae icon in Vibes, whilst another...
John Masouri
- Oct 9, 2020
Reggae Vibes, October 2020
This latest issue of French magazine Reggae Vibes is full of great features and reviews from mainly French writers. My own contributions...
John Masouri
- Oct 3, 2020
Riddim - October 2020
Riddim is a German magazine devoted to all aspects of reggae culture, with an emphasis on everything that's new and exciting in that...
John Masouri
- Oct 3, 2020
Echoes Magazine - September 2020
Tarrus Riley is this month's cover star after having released the definite reggae lockdown album Healing, produced with Shane "Juke Boxx"...
John Masouri
- Jul 28, 2020
Echoes Magazine - July 2020
The return of Buju Banton has been spectacular to say the least with a highly acclaimed world tour, a handful of essential singles and...
John Masouri
- Jan 13, 2020
Rebel Frequency - Jamaica's Reggae Revival
Rebel Frequency is the first volume in my Reggae Chronicles series, and the first anthology of writing devoted to Jamaica's new wave of...
John Masouri
- Jan 2, 2020
Reggae Vibes - January 2020
"Peter Tosh - Un Rebelle Sans Pause" is a major, eleven page feature on the most militant and compelling Jamaican reggae star of them...