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...

Nattali Rize has long been a favourite of mine, and I even named one of my books after her song Rebel Frequency a few years back. She...

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...

This was the last issue of Echoes Magazine to come out before the COVID-19 lockdown. The lead reggae feature outlines the Bob Marley 75th...

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

Echoes celebrates its 44th anniversary this month and so many thanks to owners Paul Phillips and Chris Wells for their continuing...

Echoes' cover star is Chronixx, talking about the 5th Anniversary edition of Dread & Terrible and plans for the future, as well as...

VP Records in New York are celebrating their 40th Anniversary this year. I wrote a history of the label, with quotes and reminiscing from...