Various Artists - Total Reggae: Greensleeves 40th 1977-2017
What a label! I'd bought the records, played them as a DJ and radio presenter, interviewed many of their artists and producers and then...
Funkadelic - One Nation Under A Groove
Like many UK teenagers during the late sixties, I grew up listening to a broad spectrum of music that included pop, blues, rock and roll,...
Art Ensemble Of Chicago - A Jackson In Your House
In 2012, Snapper Music commissioned me to write liner notes for a series of reissues on BYG Actuel - a label founded by three maverick...
Various Artists - Rough Inna Town: The Xterminator Sound
The nineties were a golden age for both reggae and dancehall music and thanks to Echoes, I was able to write about so much of what was...
Steely & Clevie - Old To The New
It was VP Records' Murray Elias who conceived and oversaw this tribute to Jamaican producer Joe Gibbs, and then commissioned me to write...
Last Poets - The Last Poets / This Is Madness
When I wrote the liner notes to this Charly Records' reissue in 2011 I still hadn't interviewed the Last Poets and any insights I did...
Maxi Priest - Maximum Collection
Maxi has been a family friend for years, and my admiration for the man and his music runs deep. EMI commissioned these liner notes in...
Don Cherry - Mu: First and Second Parts
Snapper Music again, and with a classic reissue by jazz musician Don Cherry that allowed me the freedom to write about another form of...
Black Uhuru - Brutal / Brutal Dub
When Sanctuary bought RAS Records they embarked on a major reissue programme based around Doctor Dread's famous label. All things...
Gregory Isaacs - Love Is Overdue
I met Gregory Isaacs on many occasions over the years but only interviewed him once, after I'd given a speech in his honour at the...
