Echoes Magazine - December 2018
This December issue of Echoes includes my round-up of the year - Reggae 2018: World In Motion - and an interview with UB40, whose forthcoming album For The Many heralds a return to the social commentaries and love of dub that characterised their earliest records. The BBC documentary Reggae Fever: David Rodigan and the Bass Culture Expo 70/50 exhibition at London's University of Westminster are discussed in Vibes; Kumar's It's Alright heads the two pages of singles reviews, an
Echoes Magazine: November 2018
This month's Echoes has my interview with Jamaican producer Stephen "Lenky" Marsden; a feature based around Mad Professor's Queens Of Ariwa and reviews of albums by Johnny Clarke, Tetrack, Black Roots and Gussie Clarke, whose impressive 3 disc set Dub Anthology includes a DVD called Dub Talk, a round table talk involving a dozen or so veterans filmed at Anchor studios in Jamaica. Mortimer, with Careful, heads two pages of single reviews, and we help Frenchie celebrate 25 year
Echoes Magazine - October 2018
This month's Echoes includes my interviews wth Agent Sasco, whose Hope River is a standout reggae album of 2018, and Britain's very own Bitty McLean, talking about his new album co-produced with Sly & Robbie. Taurus Riley's Guess Who heads the two pages of reggae singles; there are reviews of albums by Bulby York, King Jammy (with remixes of Dennis Brown tracks), Maximum Sound and Ariwa, plus an in-depth look at the London African Gospel Choir as they prepare for a debut US t
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