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About Paul Brad

Freelance journalist / Publisher / Editor - Straight No Chaser magazine / Editor - L 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

Afrika70…..Baddest Band In Africa – Stereophonic-Supply Pays Tribute!

Posted on August 23, 2013 by Paul Brad

Afrika70…..The Baddest Band In Africa – Stereophonic-Supply pays tribute… While it might look like a bit of a vanity overload I couldn’t resist popping off some shots of the stereophonic-supply Africa70 tees while I was in Greece….the light was intense … Continue reading →

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Kinthissa’s Taiji Journey: Quan Of Change

Posted on August 20, 2013 by Paul Brad

Discovering this lovely photo of my first Chen taijiquan teacher with her teacher and mentor, the pioneering Pytt (Gerda Geddes) sent me off to Kinthissa’s website only to discover a long piece she’d written for Tai Chi Chuan & Oriental … Continue reading →

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TONY ALLEN: MASTER DRUMMER OF AFROBEAT

Posted on July 20, 2013 by Paul Brad

TONY ALLEN: MASTER DRUMMER OF AFROBEAT is the focus of a forthcoming autobiography co-written with saxophonist/writer Michael E Veal. Tony Allen: An Autobiography Of The Master Drummer Of Afrobeat is out in September and Tony has got together with saxophonist/writer … Continue reading →

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SALE! JAPANESE BLUE NOTE LPs

Posted on July 10, 2013 by Paul Brad

SELEKSHAAN OF MINT CONDITION JAPANESE BLUE NOTES FOR SALE! All titles £20 each + £3.50) P&P – except Jimmy Smith £10.00 each. Please share this list with your fellow Blue Note fans! Hit me back if you’re interested in any … Continue reading →

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AT LAST! A SOUNDTRACK TO THE ART OF BUYING REGGAE MUSIC

Posted on July 4, 2013 by Paul Brad

Finally, a soundtrack to ‘The Art Of Buying Reggae Music…..’  is LIVE on our stereophonic-supply site. Back in October 2011, I posted a piece here that recalled my reggae-music buying missions, during the early/mid Seventies, from Dalston Lane to Seven … Continue reading →

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NEXUS-ONE WORLD MUSIC: What to the Slave Is the Fourth of July?

Posted on June 26, 2013 by Paul Brad

Frederick Douglas’ famous speech ‘What to the Slave Is the Fourth of July?’ provides the theme to the next Nexus – One World concert at St George’s Bloomsbury. The monthly Jazz Warriors International/Nexus – One World concerts at St George’s … Continue reading →

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BOBBY ‘BLUE’ BLAND – Farther On Up The Road

Posted on June 26, 2013 by Paul Brad

Another great voice from the pantheon great R&B vocalists, Bobby ‘Blue’ Bland, passes away at 83. Having been schooled on what’s become known as “Northern Soul” I was inevitably given a couple of post all-nighter introductions to the distinctive husky … Continue reading →

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JAZZ WARRIORS INTERNATIONAL celebrates the life of EMILY WILDING DAVISON

Posted on June 3, 2013 by Paul Brad

THIS THURSDAY at St George’s Bloomsbury THE JAZZ WARRIORS INTERNATIONAL/Nexus celebrates the life of suffragette EMILY DAVISON – an unrepentently militant activist who, on June 4th 1913, stepped onto the racetrack at the Epsom Derby with the intention of disrupting … Continue reading →

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‘FREE ANGELA and All Political Prisoners!’: A Film by Shola Lynch

Posted on May 31, 2013 by Paul Brad

‘FREE ANGELA and All Political Prisoners!’ Fanny Feeny and her daughter Coco ventured to a small cinema in Paris in search of a legend from the past. Despite being busy touting her own film projects and marking university exam papers … Continue reading →

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ANARCHIST – The Malcolm McLaren Generation

Posted on May 21, 2013 by Paul Brad

Sadly, I missed the preview of this epic documentary film which its director, Phil Strongman, described as the “Apocalyse Now version”. However, he assured me another showing was imminent! Obviously, negotiations are afoot and in the meantime I’m sharing with … Continue reading →

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