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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
Posted in Deep stuff
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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CARNIVAL WEEKEND: JAZZ RE-FEST 2014
CARNIVAL WEEKEND: JAZZ RE-FEST II kicks off at The Flyover in Ladbroke Grove. After the success of the 1st JAZZ RE:FEST last year, the Jazz re:freshed crew have answered the call to do it all again this year and the … Continue reading
LIVE THE SPIRIT BIG BAND LIVE @ The Tabernacle – 26.10.013
LIVE THE SPIRIT BIG BAND premiered A Dream Deferred or A Dream Or A Dream Come True + ‘1919’ at The Tabernacle in Ladbroke Grove. Fresh from concerts in Brest and Paris, Chicago’s Live The Spirit Big Band touched down … Continue reading
Jazz re:freshed: Mau Mau-ing the Flak Catchers
When I launched this blog, one thing I had on my list was Jazz re:freshed. There’s a whole heap of words been written on-line, in recent times, about the UK jazz scene so I thought a nice “little” on-line interview with … Continue reading
Posted in Is That Jazz?
Tagged 5ives, Broken Beat, funk, Gilles Peterson, Hip Hop, Jazz, Jazz Refreshed, Kaidi Tathnm, Ladbroke Grove, Mark De Clive Lowe, Mau Mau
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CARNIVAL 2011… It’s on… & it’s HOT HOT HOT!
The first big question that went through my mind the day the riots kicked off in Hackney and around the country was, “Carnival… what about Notting Hill Carnival?” That was back on August 8th and as the debates swirled and … Continue reading
Posted in Urban runnings...
Tagged Bank Holday, Black Britain, Calypso, Caribbean culture, Costumes, Gaz Mayall, Ladbroke Grove, London, Norman Jay MBE, Notting Hill Carnival, Police, Reveling, Riots, Soca, Steel Pan
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