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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
Posted in Art, Culture, Deep stuff, Follytricks!, Is That Jazz?, Just Runnings, music, Sound & Power, Urban runnings..., Words, Sound & Power
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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Kate Tempest meets kennardphillipps
Strong and stable into ruin School-kids on the hunt for lunch Cut the apron strings. Least it keeps the bastards lean And gets the scroungers off the couch. Murdoch headlines; leeches for the letting of our bloodlust. Blame it … Continue reading
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Tagged Art, cat Phillipps, Heartfield, Kate Tempest, kennardphillipps, Ninja Tune, Peter Kennard, photomontage, poetry, Teresa May, Vote Labour
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Climate Change: A World Action – Thanx to Avaaz
A few months ago, the Avaaz community decided on a crazy goal – the largest mobilisation on climate change in history – and on Sunday, around the world, it actually happened. This radical event opens a new chapter in global … Continue reading
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Tagged Avaaz, Climate Change Protests, ecology, Ed Miliband, Fossil Fuels, Fracking, Global Warming, Labour Party, UN Climate Summit
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“HANDS UP DON’T SHOOT!”… TALIB KWELI ON THE FRONTLINE… LAURYN HILL EXPRESSES ‘BLACK RAGE’
“HANDS UP DON’T SHOOT!”… “I CAN’T BREATHE!” … THAT’S WHAT THE PEOPLE ARE CHANTING ON THE STREETS FROM FERGUSON TO NYC … TALIB KWELI IS ON THE FRONTLINE… LAURYN HILL EXPRESSES ‘BLACK RAGE’… MEANWHILE PHILOSOPHER, ACADEMIC, ACTIVIST & AUTHOR, DR.CORNEL … Continue reading
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Tagged Black Rage, Democracy Now, Dr. Cornel West, Eric Garner, Ferguson MO, Hands Up Don't Shoot, Jessica Care Moore, Lauren Hill, Michael Brown, militarisation of police, Police brutality, Rosa Clemente, Talib Kweli
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Late Summer readzzz Pt. 2 The Lacuna + We Need New Names,
I first read a review of this book when it came out in paperback and as I scanned the array of players involved in the story – Frida Kahlo, Diego Rivera, David Alfaro Siqueiros, Leon Trotsky and Natalia Sedova – … Continue reading
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Tagged Communism, McCarthy-ism, Mexican Muralists, Mexico City
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EMORY DOUGLAS: Free Palestine
Great to see that Emory Douglas is still hard at work in his neighbourhood. Here’s a nice shot of the legendary revolutionary artist, who gave us the Black Panther Party’s most evocative artwork, standing next to his contribution to a … Continue reading
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Tagged Black Panther Party, Emory Douglas, Gaza, murals, Oakland, Palestine, revolutionary art, Street Art
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Finding Fela – The Movie
A couple of nights ago I had the privilege of taking in an advanced screening of Alex Gibney’s ‘Finding Fela’ documentary and I came away thinking, “Yeah, yeah….Fela Anikulapo Kuti… people need to see this film.” Over the years I’ve … Continue reading
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