John Masouri

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

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

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