ISSUE 1025: This issue looks back at the artists / tunes which shaped 2015 and looks forward to a bright 2016...
 
Interviews include: Jarrod Lawson, who makes his worldwide cover debut. Plus Babyface, Brian McKnight, Charlie Sloth, WSTRN and Izzy Bizu.

Live reviews: Van Morrison, Daddy Kane and Butlin’s Soul Weekender, which includes performances from; Evelyn “Champagne” King, Lemar, Junior Giscombe and Kenny Thomas.

We highlight the 25 must have albums of 2015 and continue our top 500 All Time B&S Chart countdown from 448-406, which includes; Crown Heights Affair, Van McCoy, Eminem, Edwin Starr, Wilson Pickett, Joe Tex, Naughty By Nature, Jimmy Ruffin, Brothers Johnson, House Of Pain, Supremes, Dru Hill, Seal, Donna Summer, Drifters and Brandy & Monica.

Columns in this issue c/o; Bigger, Ralph Tee, Richard Searling, Frank Elson, Ben Lovett and Simon Redley.