Blues and Soul Music Magazine

Reggae Land: National Bowl, Milton Keynes 6/8/23 (DAY 2)

After a damp but very successful first day, Reggae Land's standout artist lineup turned up the heat on a glorious 2nd day of must-see Reggae action...

Reggae Land: National Bowl, Milton Keynes 5/8/23 (DAY 1)

In the notoriously hard-to-crack festival market, plenty of people will be paying attention to Reggae Land. Its rise has been pretty meteoric considering it only launched in the troubled summer of 2021...

Kranium: Shepherd's Bush Empire, London 31/3/23

Shepherd's Bush Empire was unsurprisingly packed for Kranium's performance, supported by the excellent Laa Lee...

Tems: Somerset House Summer Series, Strand, London 7/7/22

What better way to kick off the Somerset House Summer Series then with Nigerian Afrobeat star Tems, whose recent Glastonbury performance was one of the festival's biggest highlights...

Ibrahim Maalouf: Barbican, London 11/07/22

The main part of the show was dominated by surging and thunderous horn blasts of Arabic riffage that is frankly intoxicating...

Ziggy Marley: O2 Academy Brixton, London 26/6/22

When it was announced that Ziggy Marley would be at the O2 Academy Brixton performing his father's hits, it was little surprise the queues were snaking around the building before the venue opened...

Steel Pulse: O2 Forum Kentish Town, London 13/5/22

It was little surprise that the affection and respect the British reggae heavyweights are held in saw a packed out crowd descend on the O2 Forum Kentish Town to see them celebrate an incredible career...

Yam Carnival: Clapham Common, London 28//8/21

In an ideal world, 2021 would see Yam Carnival grace London for the second time. Unfortunately, the pandemic had other ideas and the inaugural show last year was among the many casualties last summer...

Giants of UK Reggae (Aswad + Maxi Priest): Tutbury Castle, Staffordshire 30/7/21

After more than a year of being forced to stay at home, the crowd were more than ready to party, and British reggae icons were happy to oblige as both acts rolled back the years in style...

Chronixx + Koffee: Arena Birmingham 10/11/19

Modern reggae royal, Chronixx, performing his only UK headline show of 2019 and Koffee who drops her on-point lyricism and astonishing flow show why they both have the world at their feet...