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“Art does not have to be specific to our struggles to be helpful to us in dealing with them. And this is because art is not about itself, but about us. It is what it does to us, what it opens up in us that counts.”
Respect to the Arts Foundation Futures Awards 2026. If you’re reading this, please take time out, kick back and check this speech by Sir Ben Okri – pure inspiration for anyone willing to tune in. The renowned poet and novelist … Continue reading
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Tagged 'When the Flies Come', AFFA, Arts Foundation, Arts Foundation Futures Awards, Books, Cassie Kinoshi, Dorothy Allen-Pickard, Fahad Al-Amoudi, Film, news, Nneka Cummins, Oxford Brookes University Press, review, Sasha Scott, Sir Ben Okri, Tristan Fynn-Aiduenu, William Marsey, writing, Zein Majali
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BEYOND THE BASSLINE: 500 Years Of Black British Music
The Award Winning British Library publication which was released in a hardback format to coincide with widely acclaimed exhibition is now available as a paperback!! What’s in this book? Edited by myself, in consultation with the exhibition curators, Aleema Gray … Continue reading
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Tagged Afrobeats, Ambrose Adeyoka Campbell, Bamboo Club, Benjamin Zephaniah, Billy waters, Blues, Bristol, Britain, British Library, Cleo Laine, Derek walcott, George Bridgetower, gospel, grime, Hip Hop, Jah Shaka, Jazz, Joe Harriott, John Blanke, Jungle, Ken 'Snakehips'Johnson, Kitch, Little Simz, Liverpool, Londo, London Lagos Accra, lovers rock, Neneh Cherry, Notting Hill Carnival, Pauline Black, R&B, Rastafari, Reggae, Roaring Twenties, Sancho, Selectert, Shirley Bassey, Sir Coxsone . Sound System, Slavery, Soho, Sonny Roberts, Soul II Soul, Southern Syncopated Orchestra, Steel Pan, Stormzy, Straight No Chaser, The Beatles, The Cavern, The Marquee, The Reno, Two Tone, UK Garage, West African Rhythm Brothers, Windrush
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UNFILTERED: IN CONVERSATION WITH OSUNLADE
Live ‘n Direct from Mason & Fifth – Osunlade meets Straight No Chaser’s Paul Bradshaw… We go DEEPER! Tune in! A couple a weeks ago, at Mason & Fifth in Westbourne Park, we were treated to a revealing ‘n’ wonderful … Continue reading
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Tagged A&R, Adelaide, ancestral house, BBE, Body & Soul, Chicago House, DJ, House Music, Ifa, Jazz, LA, Mason & Fifth, Nomad, NYC, Prince, Producer, R2 Records, Santeria, Santorini, Sexuality, Soul Jazz, Straight No Chaser, Yoruba Records
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THE DON CHERRY TAPES & TRAVELATIONS
Eternal Rhythm : The Don Cherry Tapes & Travelations is a collection of priceless cassette taped interviews woven together by writer Graeme Ewens – a confidant, travel companion and friend of the late great trumpeter and visionary. It’s a project … Continue reading
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Tagged Avante Garde, Be Bop, Charlie Parker, Choctaw, Codona, Colin Walcott, Dollar Brand, Gnawa, Graeme Ewens, Ian Dury, Jazz, Jazz Composers Orchestra, Johnny Dyani, Master Musicians Of Joujouka, Miles Davis, Moki Cherry, Multikulti, Nana Vasconcelos, Neneh Cherry, Ornette Coleman, Pocket Trumpet, Rip Rig & Panic, trumpet, Watts, William Burroughs, World Music.
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Andrée Blouin – Africa’s Pasionaria
The long awaited reprint of My Country, Africa: The Autobiography Of The Black Pasionaria by that late Andrée Blouin has arrived. If you saw the award winning documentary Soundtrack To A Coup D’Etat and came way wanting to know more … Continue reading
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Tagged African Liberation, andree-blouin, Brazzaville, CIA, Cold War, Communism, Decolonisation, Democratic Republic Of Congo, Feminine Movement For African Solidarity, Feminism, Guinea, Liberation Struggles, Mobutu, My Country Africa; Autobiography of The Black Pasionaria, Pan African, Patrice lumumba, Pierre Mullele, Sélou Touré, Soundtrack To A Coup D'Etat, Verso
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Vivien Goldman: Rebel Musix – Scribe On A Vibe
Let’s take a deep dive into the ‘Collected Works’ of celebrated music journo, feminist, roots radic and professor of punk First , let me say this, in the world of music journalism Vivien Goldman is a one-off. I myself entered … Continue reading
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Tagged Ari Up, Aswad, Bob Marley & The Wailers, CAN, Chuck D, Don Letts, Eno, Fela Kuti, Feminism, Grace Jones, Hip Hop, Island Records, Jamaica, Ladbroke Grove, music, Music Journalism, Neneh Cherry, New York University, NME, NY New wave, Ornette Coleman, Punk, punk-rock, Raincoats, Reggae, Robert Wyatt, rock, Rutgers, Sex Pistols, Sounds, THE CLASH, The Slits, Vivien Goldman, Youth
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Soundtrack to A Coup D’Etat
In this documentary, film maker Johan Grimonprez links the CIA’s use of Jazz in the Cold War against Russia with a deep dive into the divisive, murderous political machinations of Belgium and the USA which resulted in the 1961 assassination … Continue reading
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Tagged A coup D'Etat, Abbey Lincoln, Africa, Charles Mingus, CIA, Cold War, Colonialsm, Congo, Dizzy Gillespie, Eric Dolphy, Fidel Castro, history, Jazz, Liberation Strauggles, Louis Armstrong, Malcolm X, Max Roach, Mobutu, news, Patrice lumumba, politics, United Nations
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