John Masouri

David Hill and Nick Manasseh's Soul Revivers are this month's cover stars and their latest album Holding It Down, to quote from the feature, "is another impressive example of what can happen when two people who genuinely love music get together, assemble a varied line-up of gifted artists and musicians, and provide them with the best possible setting to shine." As part of Echoes' 50th Anniversary celebrations, the magazine is reprinting a series of favourite interviews from t

This month's lead reggae article gives the spotlight to producer Kareem Burrell, head of Jamaican label XTM Nation. In addition to hit...

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...

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

Bobby Digital is a key figure in dancehall music's international breakthrough. When I first visited him in the early nineties he'd...

The father of Jamaican dub poetry, Oku Onuora returns to the spotlight with a reissue of his album I A Tell Dubwise & Otherwise and a...

The first Echoes Magazine of 2018 is full of interesting features, news and reviews... My own contributions include interviews with Bobby...

MYKAL ROSE - LIVE AT THE KOMEDIA, BRIGHTON JANUARY 31st 2018. Global Beats have transformed reggae in Britain’s favourite seaside town...

Echoes Magazine grew out of Black Echoes and continues to provide in-depth coverage of most forms of black music, including reggae and...

My contributions to this latest issue include full length interviews with Macka B - star of Wha' Mi Eat Wednesdays - and Swedish reggae...