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Carroll Thompson: Simply, hopelessly in love...

Profile and Interview by Penny Reel, New Musical Express, 9 January 1982

A post-Christmas Carroll by PENNY REEL ...

Johnny Clarke: Where are the songs of Spring?

Profile by Penny Reel, New Musical Express, 28 February 1976

Ay, where are they? PENNY REEL looks at the erratic career of JOHNNY CLARKE, the star should have been. ...

15, 16, 17, Dennis Brown, Revelation, Cool Notes, The, Heptones, The, Pat Kelly, Louisa Mark, Brown Sugar, Roland & Carolyn Catlin, Cassandra, T.T. Ross, Tamlins, The: Lover's Rock Rools OK

Overview by Penny Reel, New Musical Express, 27 January 1979

Say hello to the schoolgirl revolution and the shortest cut to cleaning up in UK reggae. And ya thought reggae was all about guns, ganga, ...

Johnny Clarke: Don't Stay Out Late (Penguin)

Review by Penny Reel, New Musical Express, 21 January 1978

THIS IS the second album from Johnny Clarke since the sudden termination of his Virgin contract, and it marks the general decline in standard and ...

Bo Diddley: University of East Anglia, Norwich

Live Review by Penny Reel, New Musical Express, 27 February 1982

BO DIDDLEY, as we all know, spans a 27 year career permutating a single riff to a sole conclusion: he is Bo Diddley! ...

Israel Vibration: The Same Song (Top Ranking)

Review by Penny Reel, New Musical Express, 13 January 1979

CURRENT CULT item on the local reggae scene, this debut album from the Israel Vibration trio augurs well for Jamaican music in 1979, with an ...

Gladiators, The: The Gladiators: Commonwealth Institute, London

Live Review by Penny Reel, New Musical Express, 22 January 1983

THE INSTITUTE repays a visit. A central space enclosing stage and with surrounding access on tiered levels subdivided into small areas pertinent to the respective ...

Frankie Paul: Ripe Mango (Blacker Dread)

Review by Penny Reel, New Musical Express, 11 January 1986

OF THE GLUT of fine new singers to have emerged from the Jamaican dancehall sound during the past few years, Frankie Paul is probably the ...

Bloodfire Posse, The: The Bloodfire Posse: Are You Ready? (Synergy)

Review by Penny Reel, New Musical Express, 18 January 1986

POSSE POSES ...

Burning Spear: Social Living (1 Stop)

Review by Penny Reel, New Musical Express, 13 January 1979

Majestic, Mysterious: Burning Spear's Celestial Music Shimmers On ...

Dennis Brown: The Cool Runnings Of Dennis Brown

Interview by Penny Reel, New Musical Express, 24 February 1979

Never far from reggae charts and hearts, Dennis Brown wakes up the UK's frozen airwaves. ...

Jah Shaka: Hail Brethren And Sistren: A Big Big Sound System Splashdown

Special Feature by Vivien Goldman, Penny Reel, Paul Bradshaw, New Musical Express, 21 February 1981

WHERE REGGAE really begins — in tune to the sound system. Here is the heart of the music: groups of youth, each with their different philosophies, ...