John Masouri

Ky-mani Marley, currently celebrating the release of his latest album Love And Energy, is this month's cover star. Ky-mani doesn't often do interviews and so we were very grateful to him for taking part in this issue. Also, many thanks to Pressure Buss Pipe, the voice of St Thomas whose latest album All For A Time was produced by Zion I Kings. His is the second reggae feature this month, whilst my Vibes column takes a deep dive into updates relating to Steely & Clevie's lawsu

This month's Echoes has the following reggae features - firstly, a four page spread on Buju Banton, looking back at his early days as new album Too Too Bad marks a return to his dancehall roots. Secondly, a celebration of Rafeelya's debut Real, produced by Lloyd Brown and thirdly, a reappraisal of Franco Rosso's 1979 documentary about Linton Kwesi Johnson entitled Dread Beat an' Blood. Shenseea, Stephen Marley, Future Fambo, Stylo G and Kabaka Pyramid head the singles reviews

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

Many thanks to Dennis Bovell, celebrating the release of his latest album Wise Music In Dub, and LA music producer Ralph Sall, driving...

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

I'm delighted to announce that I'll be appearing in conversation at Brooklyn Public Library on 17 June with celebrated US reggae...

It was a real treat to interview Sam Garrett for this month's Echoes Magazine. His personal, musical and spiritual journey is unlike that...

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...

Reggae Vibes is the leading French publication for reggae music and has been for nearly fifteen years now. I'm honoured to have been a...

In this issue UB40 celebrate the release of Bigga Baggariddim - an album that revives a concept first used on their Baggariddim set from...