Dennis Bovell

The album artwork and release date for TOKYO SKA PARADISE ORCHESTRA’s upcoming new album can now be revealed.

Guest vocalists on the Japanese ska band’s 17th album include DENNIS BOVELL, YOSHIE NAKANO and HANAREGUMI.

The new record goes on sale from 14 November.

Check out their YouTube trailers for the album:

Reggae musician and producer DENNIS BOVELL will be serving as master of ceremonies at the Bristol Reggae Explosion Live show in Bristol later this month.

LINTON KWESI JOHNSON, THE DENNIS BOVELL DUB BAND and HOLLIE COOK are among the latest additions to the WOMAD festival in the UK.

LKJ and BOVELL will be getting the festival started on the early bird opening slot on Thursday night (26 July).

The pair have been performing and recording together for more than 20 years, where JOHNSON writes the poems and bass lines, and DENNIS BOVELL produces and arranges the tracks.

Bristol Archive Records, after more than 18 months of painstaking research and the pursuit of numerous leads, is set to release a new album from JOSHUA MOSES.

The 15-track record Joshua To Jashwha – 30 Years In The Wilderness will be released on 9 April 2012 on LP, CD and digital download.

A new feature documentary charting the growth of British reggae music in the 1970s and 1980s will be hitting cinemas across the UK later this week.

Watch the official trailer below and find out where you can catch “The Story of Lover’s Rock”.