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About Paul Brad

Freelance journalist / Publisher : Editor - Straight No Chaser magazine, Editor - Beyond The Bassline (British Library) , Editor - L FM : Lockdown FM Broadcasting In A Pandemic - Gilles Peterson (Worldwide FM) / Publisher: From Jazz Funk & Fusion to Acid Jazz: A History Of The UK Jazz Dance Scene by Mark 'Snowboy' Cotgrove / Music Fan: Interplanetary Sounds: Ancient to Future / Cultural Event Consultant & Activist / Nei Jia practitioner

Arts Foundation Awards: Spirit Of Innovation

Posted on January 24, 2014 by Paul Brad

Arts Foundation Awards: Spirit Of Innovation is alive and well in 2014 Last night, along with a long-time Straight No Chaser collaborator and Tokyo based stylist Naoki Toyama, I followed up an invitation to The Arts Foundation Awards, an annual … Continue reading →

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Les Sapeurs de Brazzaville: Made Of More

Posted on January 19, 2014 by Paul Brad

Les Sapeurs de Brazzaville: Made Of More is the latest venture into global style by Guinness. It was something of a surprise to come across this latest Guinness advert which shines a light on Les Sapeurs – the Society of … Continue reading →

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IMAMU AMIRI BARAKA in Straight No Chaser No. 1

Posted on January 12, 2014 by Paul Brad

IMAMU AMIRI BARAKA RIP. “ The political activists, cultural revolutionary and the proverbial pain-in-the-arse to the American conservative establishment, Amiri Baraka, died on 9th January. He identified for many of us the Blues People of America as the protagonist of … Continue reading →

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Hassan Hajjaj: My Rock Stars Experimental, Volume 1 in LA

Posted on January 10, 2014 by Paul Brad

Hassan Hajjaj’ s My Rock Stars Experimental, Volume 1 has crossed the Atlantic and is now showing at The Los Angeles County Museum of Art Hassan originally hails from Larache, a small harbor town in northern Morocco but moved to … Continue reading →

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STRATA – DETROIT: Give a helping hand – 10 days to go

Posted on January 9, 2014 by Paul Brad

Strata Records owner Barbara Cox will lose her home and unreleased Strata master tapes with it, if she doesn’t pay $6700 in real estate taxes by January 20th. “I am writing you to ask for your help, urgently, with something … Continue reading →

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FROM THE OTHER SIDE OF THE PULPIT – Lonnie Holley

Posted on December 27, 2013 by Paul Brad

Scanning through various “Best Of…” end of year selections I came across this track by Lonnie Holley. It was included in Gilles Peterson’s annual selection for on-line mag Dummy and that in turn sent me off to Bandcamp and the … Continue reading →

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Jazz Is My Religion

Posted on December 21, 2013 by Paul Brad

JAZZ IS MY RELIGION… Scanning my mails I noticed that San Francisco based http://jazzybeatchick.com had posted a poem by Lawrence Ferlinghetti. I decided to check it out. I’d once rung Ferlinghetti’s City Lights bookshop in the hope hustling a copy … Continue reading →

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PAULINE BOTY: POP ARTIST & WOMAN

Posted on December 20, 2013 by Paul Brad

Pauline Boty was a leading figure in the Pop Art movement of the 1960s until her untimely death aged just 28. A friend and contemporary of Peter Blake, Derek Boshier and David Hockney, Pauline Boty was one of the few … Continue reading →

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Festival of Dangerous Ideas 2013: David Simon – Some People are More Equal than Others

Posted on December 15, 2013 by Paul Brad

Festival of Dangerous Ideas 2013: David Simon – Some People are More Equal than Others When I read about this contribution to the Festival Of Dangerous Ideas in Australia by David Simon I thought I’d love to hear it in … Continue reading →

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JOCKS & NERDS: Style/ History/Culture

Posted on December 12, 2013 by Paul Brad

JOCKS & NERDS the quarterly magazine of Style/History/Culture hit the streets last week. The much anticipated Autumn issue Of Jocks & Nerds is out now with a cover featuring the Zulu Nation’s Afrika Bambaata and articles on Moondog, Lonnie Liston … Continue reading →

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