Signed to Island Records during the 90s as a reggae artist, this London cabbie returns with a new soul album...
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We meet an aspiring British blues and soul singer who has a not-so-secret past as a 90s reggae artist Setting...
Ali Campbell and co serve up an acoustic collection, invent ‘cuddly reggae’ and chuck in a greatest hits to boot!...
The UB40 frontman on the band’s new acoustic album and how they’ve invented a new subgenre they’re calling ‘cuddly reggae’...
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The second album by Britain’s biggest ever reggae band gets the deluxe reissue treatment, 34 years on from its original...
Need a break from writing? Our regular columnist looks at the fine art of making a familiar song your own…...
As our regular columnist works on a duet of her own, she looks at some great collaborations of the past...
In the first article in a new series, Songwriting gets the story behind the legendary British reggae band’s breakthrough single...
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