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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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KUJENGA: THE GOLDEN WAKE
ON THE 30TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE FALL OF APARTHEID SOUTH AFRICA CHILA NATHI AND TRC HOST THE FIRST INTERNATIONAL PERFORMANCE OF CAPE TOWN BASED ENSEMBLE, KUJENGA. It’s a wintery night with a bright half moon and I am greeted at the … Continue reading
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Tagged Africa, apartheid, Bheki Mseleku, Brother Moves On, Busi Mhlongo, Cape Town, Dudu Pukwana, Gilles Peterson, Jazz, Kujenga, Melt2000, Miriam Makeba, music, news, South Africa, Teju Adeleye, Total Refreshment Centre, Trauma
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LITTLE MISS STAR
DJ Paulette’s Welcome To The Club is an enlightening journey through the highs and lows of a life in electronic dance music that spans three decades. Written from a Black woman’s perspective it provides a rallying call for future generations. … Continue reading
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Tagged Black Lives Matter, DJ Paulette, Electronic Dance Muisc, Flesh, Gilles Peterson, Hacienda, House, Ibiza, Jaguar, Jamz Supernova, Last Night a DJ Saved My Life, Ministry Of Sound, Queer Nation. Kinky Gerlinky, That's How It Is, The Cross, Welcome to the club
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Jon Akomfrah’s Mimesis: African Soldier in Bristol
First screened in 2019 at the Imperial war Museum as part of the First World War centenary, John Akomfah’s Mimesis: African Soldier is currently showing at the Bristol Museum and uncovers the largely ignored story of the Commonwealth soldiers who … Continue reading
NCO meets Joni & Mingus @ The Dome
Led by Peter Edwards, the New Civilisation Orchestra took on the music from Joni Mitchell’s classic ‘Hejira’ LP and the singer-songwriter’s collaboration with master bassist and composer Charles Mingus. Jihad Imroel-Quays Darwish & ESKA It was hard to say whether … Continue reading
A World Without Worldwide FM
On Sunday October 30 the WWFM crew gathered at the Brownswood studio to celebrate the last six years before signing off at midnight leaving the station on hiatus until a new era beckons. It took a few days to gather … Continue reading
Posted in Deep stuff, Is That Jazz?, Sound & Power, Urban runnings..., Words, Sound & Power
Tagged Broadcasting, Brownswood, Coco Maria, Digital radio, Erica McCoy, Gilles Peterson, Global Music, Haseeb Iqbal, Hugh Miller, International Anthem, Jaimie Branch, Jazz, Laani, Lockdown FM, Malik al Nasir, Moor Mother, Penny Reel, Pharoah Sanders, Selectors Assemble, Shabaka Hutchings, Silt Trio, Straight No Chaser, Val Wilmer, We Out Here, Worldwide FM
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