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Summer Reads 1: Cosmic Music
Top of the list is Andy Beta’s deep dive into the life of pianist and harpist Alice Coltrane – Turiyasangitananda I was wandering along Lower Clapton Road in Hackney when I spotted a copy of Cosmic Music; the Life, Art … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Culture, Deep stuff, Is That Jazz?, music, Sound & Power, Words, Sound & Power
Tagged A Love Supreme, Africa Brass, Alice Coltrane, Andy Beta, Art and Transcendence of Alice Coltrane, Avant Garde, Birdland, Cosmic Music; the Life, harp, Hinduism, Impulse, Jazz, John Coltrane, Journey In Sachidananda, McCoy Tyner, music, New Thing, New York City, Pharoah Sanders, piano, Sai Baba, Swami Sachidananda, World Spirituality Classics: The Ecstatic Music of Alice Coltrane, writing
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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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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
Posted in Deep stuff, Is That Jazz?, Urban runnings..., Words, Sound & Power
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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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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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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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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