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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 ...

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, ...

Dennis Brown: When Two Systems Clashed at Club Four Aces: A snapshot of London reggae culture in the early '70s

Book Excerpt by Penny Reel, Deep Down With Dennis Brown, 9 February 2002

Penny Reel was the pre-eminent reggae writer of reggae's '70s heyday, contributing regularly to NME, Black Echoes and other publications. His Deep Down With Dennis ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Black Slate, Light of the World: Errol Gentle, A. Campbell, Sandra Andrews, Light Of The World: Phebes Club, Stoke Newington, London

Live Review by Penny Reel, Black Echoes, 29 January 1977

Let's hear it for some real talent ...

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. ...