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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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Breakin’ Convention 018 meets Jazz Re: freshed
BREAKIN’ CONVENTION 018 meets Jazz Re:freshed STORY BY TOM TIDNAM This interview with curator Jonzi D and MD/saxophonist Jason Yarde was done by Straight No Chaser scribe Tom Tidnam for #SNC99 but production dates slipped by and the mag was … Continue reading
‘PRESENTING PRINCESS SHAW’ wins Audience Award at Sheffield Documentary Film Fest!
Yesssss!….Presenting Princess Shaw wins Audience Award at Sheffield Documentary Film Festival! One of the first posts I did on Ancient To Future was a Kutiman video/composition that blew up on youtube. I’m a fan and a week ago I got … Continue reading
REACHIN’ OUT TO THE COMMUNITY… HELP BRING ‘COLLOCUTOR’S ‘THE SEARCH ‘ TO LIFE!!
“Collector is an opportunity to explore musically all the cultural connections which are part of being a human being, particularly in the 21st century, in somewhere like London, where you do meet everyone from everywhere. If you’re open-minded you’ll have … Continue reading
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Tagged 'The Search', Collocutor, Fontanelles, Gilles Peterson, On The Corner, Pete Buckenham, Tamar Osborn, Worldwide
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ANUTHA YES MI SELEKTAH… SUMMER JUST ARRIVED PT. 1
ANUTHA YES MI SELEKTAH… SUMMER JUST ARRIVED… yes, it’s June and it’s glorious out there – London is bathed in sunshine. OK, following on from the New York City vibe of the Vivien Goldman story, we touch down on Snowboy … Continue reading
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Tagged 'Bitori', Amilcar Cabral, Analog Africa, Cape Verde, Cesaria Evora, Funaná, Mark 'Snowboy' Cotgrove, New York afternoon, Paulino Vieira, Salasa, Samy Ben Redjeb, Space Echo - The Mystery Behind the Cosmic Sound of Cabo Verde Finally Revealed!', Victor Tavares
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THE GREATEST: Muhammed Ali – 1942 – 2016
It began with a 1960 teenage Olympic light heavyweight boxing champion declaring “I am the Greatest!” and that he “Floats like a butterfly, stings like a bee!” He dropped his slave name, embraced Islam, refused to fight in Vietnam. Muhammed … Continue reading
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Tagged Boxing, Cassius Clay, Islam, Malcolm X, Muhammed Ali, Nation Of islam, Vietnam War, World Heavyweight Champion
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PAPA WEMBA RIP- VIVA LA MUSICA
I have fond memories of interviewing Papa Wemba at the Real World studios in Box while Peter Williams did the shots. Papa was wearing a wikkid trad-African print suit when we arrived but refused to be photographed in it. In … Continue reading
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Tagged Kinshasa, Le Sape, Papa Wemba, Reddy Amisi, Rumba Rock. Soukous, srino Mubi, Viva La Musica, Zaire
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Hockney, Saltaire, Salvo’s & A Taste Of Puglia
Hockney, Saltaire & A Taste Of Puglia – a journey into the heart of Yorkshire. T’other weekend we boarded a local train from Leeds town centre for Saltaire. After a short 15-20 minute journey we stepped off the train and … Continue reading
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Tagged David Hockney, DJ Lubi, Gip Dammone, Gordon Ramsey, Italy, Leeds, Puglia, Saltaire, Salts Mill, Salvos, Yorkshire
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GARY CROSBY is 60: Groundation at The Cockpit
GARY CROSBY – bassist and the driving force behind Tomorrow’s Warriors and Dune records – continues to celebrate the big Six-O with a session at Jez Nelson’s Jazz In The Round next Monday. Together with new generation players Moses Boyd … Continue reading
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