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Issue 1101

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Sean Paul: Reggae Land, The National Bowl, Milton Keynes 7/8/23 REVIEW Protoje: Reggae Land, The National Bowl, Milton Keynes 7/8/23 REVIEW Barrington Levy: Reggae Land, The National Bowl, Milton Keynes 7/8/23 REVIEW Tippa Irie: Reggae Land, The National Bowl, Milton Keynes 7/8/23 REVIEW

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...

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Beenie Man: Reggae Land, The National Bowl, Milton Keynes 5/8/23 REVIEW David Rodigan: Reggae Land, The National Bowl, Milton Keynes 5/8/23 REVIEW General Levy: Reggae Land, The National Bowl, Milton Keynes 5/8/23 REVIEW Desmond Dekker: Reggae Land, The National Bowl, Milton Keynes 5/8/23 REVIEW

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...

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

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...

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Tems: Somerset House Summer Series, London 7/7/22 @bluesandsoul.com REVIEW Tems: Somerset House Summer Series, London 7/7/22 @bluesandsoul.com REVIEW Tems: Somerset House Summer Series, London 7/7/22 @bluesandsoul.com REVIEW Tems: Somerset House Summer Series, London 7/7/22 @bluesandsoul.com REVIEW

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...

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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...

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Ziggy Marley: O2 Academy Brixton 26/6/22 bluesandsoul.com REVIEW Ziggy Marley: O2 Academy Brixton 26/6/22 bluesandsoul.com REVIEW Ziggy Marley: O2 Academy Brixton 26/6/22 bluesandsoul.com REVIEW Ziggy Marley: O2 Academy Brixton 26/6/22 bluesandsoul.com REVIEW

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...

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

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...

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Davido: Yam Carnival, Clapham Common, London 28/8/21 REVIEW Kehlani: Yam Carnival, Clapham Common, London 28/8/21 REVIEW Koffee: Yam Carnival, Clapham Common, London 28/8/21 REVIEW Beenie: Man: Yam Carnival, Clapham Common, London 28/8/21 REVIEW

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...

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Angus Gaye - Aswad (Giants of UK Reggae) Tutbury Castle, Staffordshire 30/7/21 REVIEW Tony 'Gad' Robinson - Aswad (Giants of UK Reggae) Tutbury Castle, Staffordshire 30/7/21 RE Maxi Priest (Giants of UK Reggae) Tutbury Castle, Staffordshire 30/7/21 REVIEW Maxi Priest (Giants of UK Reggae) Tutbury Castle, Staffordshire 30/7/21 REVIEW

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...

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Chronixx: Arena Birmingham 10/11/19 @bluesandsoul.com Chronixx: Arena Birmingham 10/11/19 @bluesandsoul.com Koffee: Arena Birmingham 10/11/19 @bluesandsoul.com Koffee: Arena Birmingham 10/11/19 @bluesandsoul.com

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...

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