ISSUE 1056 INTERVIEWS: Judi Jackson (cover), Cypress Hill (cover), Mike Zito, L.A.B, Alex Lowes (Southport Weekender), Amp Fiddler, DJ Sarah LP, The Lucky13s, Willie Jones and Aiyana-Lee.
 
LIVE REVIEWS: Emeli Sandé at London's Roundhouse, Samm Henshaw at O2 Shepherd's Bush Empire, Abi Farrell at PizzaExpress Jazz Club in Soho, London and S-J's Jazz Quartet at Franco's Jazz Lounge, London.
 
CHARTS: B&S Upfront Urban Chart, Grooveyard Dance Chart, Soul and R&B must have Hip List. Also, Richard Searling's Top 50 Northern Soul Big Beat Ballads.
 
REGULAR FEATURE: Blues & Soul Years turns back time to 1982, a year which may have been firmly in the wake of disco but was also an intrinsic time for the now splintering soul and funk scenes.
 
COLUMNISTS THIS ISSUE: Ralph Tee's Modern Soul Sessions, Richard Searling's (northern soul) Runout Groove, Ben Lovett's (dance) Grooveyard and Frank Elson Checkin' It Out (northern soul) column looks back at classic column first published in July 1976 in B&S issue 200.
 
REGULAR FEATURE: Soulful Social... where B&S readers can have their say.
 
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