John Masouri

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....

Thank you to Pierre and Gilbert at Reggae Vibes for the opportunity in writing a latest cover feature on Koffee, and to Koffee herself...

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....

The March issue of Echoes Magazine puts UK reggae maestro Dennis Bovell in the spotlight. His latest album Dub Master is an anthology of...

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,...

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...

This latest issue of Echoes Magazine completes the publication's 45th Anniversary year with our writers' Top 5 Albums in the fields of...

Xana Romeo, daughter of the legendary Max Romeo, talks about her new album The Root Of X and also issues concerning the current Jamaican...

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...

Twenty years after they first started, I'm delighted to still be writing for Riddim Magazine. Although written in German, it's remained...

The lead reggae interview in this month's Echoes is with Sizzla, the controversial Jamaican deejay who talks about his latest album So...

I started writing the lead reggae feature in this latest Echoes just before the legendary U Roy passed away. The Deejay Godfather would...

In this latest edition of Reggae Vibes is a French language version of my interview with Alborosie, currently celebrating the release of...

I've been a contributor to the world's leading specialist reggae magazine - now only available in German unfortunately - for over twenty...

In this issue UB40 celebrate the release of Bigga Baggariddim - an album that revives a concept first used on their Baggariddim set from...

.At last! Thanks to director Martin Disney for commissioning me to write the liner notes for this first official release of Bob Marley...

Echoes Magazine, 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...

Echoes Magazine, April 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...

I never imagined seeing Echoes - once known as Black Echoes - celebrate its 45th Anniversary but it's still going strong with founder...

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...

The Marley Files: One Foundation. Jook Joint Press. ISBN 978-0-9933759-5-8. The Marley Files is the second instalment of my Reggae...

I was honoured to be chosen as the principal ghostwriter for this new book by VP Records' legendary Miss Pat, whose journey within reggae...

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...

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...

This latest issue of French magazine Reggae Vibes is full of great features and reviews from mainly French writers. My own contributions...

Riddim is a German magazine devoted to all aspects of reggae culture, with an emphasis on everything that's new and exciting in that...

Tarrus Riley is this month's cover star after having released the definite reggae lockdown album Healing, produced with Shane "Juke Boxx"...

The return of Buju Banton has been spectacular to say the least with a highly acclaimed world tour, a handful of essential singles and...

Rebel Frequency is the first volume in my Reggae Chronicles series, and the first anthology of writing devoted to Jamaica's new wave of...

"Peter Tosh - Un Rebelle Sans Pause" is a major, eleven page feature on the most militant and compelling Jamaican reggae star of them...