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MY LONDON ROCK STARS, ENDS TO ESTATES: Hassan Hajjaj @ Sotherby’s
Moroccan-born and Camden Town raised Hassan Hajjaj is one the best known faces on the London Club scene. Back in the Eighties he promoted his R.A.P. clothing label and became well known for his diverse and always supa-hip parties in … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Culture, Deep stuff, fusion, Is That Jazz?, music, New Africa, Urban runnings..., Words, Sound & Power
Tagged Africa, Calvert Avenue, Camden Town, Gnawa, grime, Hip Hop, kesh angels, Marrakesh, Morocco, NYC, Photography, Pop Art, ragga, Shoreditch, Sotherby's, The Ends, VIGO GALLERY
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EBO FEST Activation: Jago/London
Prior to Ebo Fest Ghana, the Ebo Fest London Activation celebrated the life of the legendary bandleader Ebo Taylor with films and words and music… I think it was post Covid, while working on the Lockdown FM: Broadcasting In A … Continue reading
Posted in Culture, Deep stuff, Is That Jazz?, music, New Africa, Sound & Power, Urban runnings..., Words, Sound & Power
Tagged #A Quick Ting- Afrobeats, #Ebo Taylor, #Ghana, #Highlife, Africa, BBE Records, Black Stars Of Ghana, Disk Union. Japan, Fela Kuti, funk, Gilles Peterrson, Kofi Ghanaba, Love & Death, Mr Bongo, Rikki Stein, Roots To Fruits, Straight No Chaser, The Jago, Will Page, Worldwide FM
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The MUSIC is BLACK.
The Music Is Black: A British Story, has been 4 years in the making and as the summer arrives in the capital this much anticipated exhibition is finally open to the people. Welcome to V&A East. “Music is the soundtrack … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Culture, Deep stuff, fusion, Is That Jazz?, Just Runnings, music, Sound & Power, Urban runnings..., Words, Sound & Power
Tagged 2 Tone, 4 Aces, :Leroy 'Lepke' Anderson, A Guy Called Gerald, Afrobeats, Art, ‘Bluey’ Maunick, Beatles, Blue Note, Brit funk, Broken Beat, Calypso, Carnival, Carroll Thompson, Chad Stennett, Chantalle Fiddy, Co-op, Dame Sonia Boyce, Dennis Bovell, Denzil Forrester, DJ Paulette, DJ Storm, DJ Target, Dread Broadcasting Company / DBCC, drum & bass, Duke Vin, Fabio & Grooverider, grime, Gus Casely-Hayford, Hewan Clarke, Hi Life, Janet Kay, Jaqueline Springer, Jazz, Jerry Dammers, Jimi Hendrix, Joan Armatrading, Julia Toppin, Jungle, Kenny Wellington, Little Simz, Lord Woodbine, lovers rock, LR Vandy, Mega, Mel & Kim, Mike Vernon, monique Charles, Morcheeba, museums, music, Neville Staple, Pauline Black, Poly Styrene, Ragga Twins, Reggae, reviews, Rhoda Dakar, rocksteady, Sade, Seal, Seklecter, Shake & Fingerpop, Sir Frank Bowling, Ska, Skin, Skin and DJ Paulette, Slaves Bible, Smith & Mighty, Sokari Douglas Camp CBE, Specials AKA, Stormzy, trip hop, UK Garage, Wimifred Atwell, writing, Zak Ove
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AIM, SHOOT, STOP, FIX!
Four legendary music photographers unite for a joint photography exhibition – Aim, Shoot, Stop, Fix . It kicks off on 10th March and runs until 9 April 2026 AIM, SHOOT, STOP, FIX brings together four of the most influential music photographers … Continue reading
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Tagged @chrisclunn, @david.corio, @lawrencewatsonphotgraphy, @peterandersonphotos, Afrobeat, analogue, Art, funk, Hip Hop, indie, Madchester, Manchester, Mod, music, NME, NYC, P Funk, Photography, Punk, Rebel music, Reggae, Straight No Chaser, travel, writing
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“Art does not have to be specific to our struggles to be helpful to us in dealing with them. And this is because art is not about itself, but about us. It is what it does to us, what it opens up in us that counts.”
Respect to the Arts Foundation Futures Awards 2026. If you’re reading this, please take time out, kick back and check this speech by Sir Ben Okri – pure inspiration for anyone willing to tune in. The renowned poet and novelist … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Culture, music, Urban runnings..., Words, Sound & Power
Tagged 'When the Flies Come', AFFA, Arts Foundation, Arts Foundation Futures Awards, Books, Cassie Kinoshi, Dorothy Allen-Pickard, Fahad Al-Amoudi, Film, news, Nneka Cummins, Oxford Brookes University Press, review, Sasha Scott, Sir Ben Okri, Tristan Fynn-Aiduenu, William Marsey, writing, Zein Majali
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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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UNFILTERED: IN CONVERSATION WITH OSUNLADE
Live ‘n Direct from Mason & Fifth – Osunlade meets Straight No Chaser’s Paul Bradshaw… We go DEEPER! Tune in! A couple a weeks ago, at Mason & Fifth in Westbourne Park, we were treated to a revealing ‘n’ wonderful … Continue reading
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Tagged A&R, Adelaide, ancestral house, BBE, Body & Soul, Chicago House, DJ, House Music, Ifa, Jazz, LA, Mason & Fifth, Nomad, NYC, Prince, Producer, R2 Records, Santeria, Santorini, Sexuality, Soul Jazz, Straight No Chaser, Yoruba Records
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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
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