Celebrating UK Reggae Runnings Tinged With Sadness And Disappointment
Celebrating UK Reggae Runnings Tinged With Sadness And Disappointment Today is International Reggae Day (IRD). It’s a global…
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London’s Janet Kay was the first black female artist to have a reggae Number 1 in the UK
Janet Kay, was born Janet Kay Bogle (the first of 6 children) in London to Jamaican parents, Clifton…
Kwaku BBM: Reggae Memories Playlist Or The Non-Anorak’s Choice
Kwaku BBM: Reggae Memories Playlist Or The Non-Anorak’s Choice Click here to listen to ‘BBM/BMC Presents This Is…
British Black Music Month 2021 Launches A Spotify Playlist With A New Record To Be (Re-)Discovered Daily
’61 Daily Dose For British Black Music Month June 1-July 31 (From 50 Year History To Future Rulers)’…
WATCH: Jamaican native Christian artist, K-Anthony has released his newest offering, “FREE”
The music video shot and directed by Shaun James (Elevation Worship, Jesus Culture Ruslan), reveals the irony of…
WATCH: MARY CROSS: Singer Songwriter & Stylista is Classic Soul.
There are few artists who are the very definition of a generational talent. Mary Cross is one of…
Andy Hamilton Saxophonist, composer and bandleader
In 1949, the Jamaican tenor saxophonist Andy Hamilton, faced a dilemma. As a musician he had reached the…
15 Black Dancers who Changed American Dance
February is recognised as Black History Month in the United States. Since the country’s bicentennial in 1976, Black…
Black British Swing: Caribbean Contribution to British Jazz in the 1930s and 1940s
To jazz followers, however, it meant the arrival of Jamaican alto saxophonist, Joe Harriott and other modern musicians…
Freedom – A New Jerusalem -An interview with Jon Scott
Celebrated singer and multi-instrumentalist Jon Scott is releasing a brand new EP entitled Freedom – A New Jerusalem….
Black poker stars who became WSOP icons
Despite the fact that poker has traditionally been dominated by white faces around the gaming tables, several players…
WATCH: Leah Music – ‘A Letter to the World’
At 16 years old, Leah Music has made a major impact over recent weeks after she shared an…
Rastafari Culture
When one does this they run into many problems. This is because Rastafari is much more than a…
BBM/BMC Marks Make Music Day On Sunday June 21 With The Great BBM Set
On Sunday June 21, the BritishBlackMusic.com/Black Music Congress (BBM/BMC) British Black Music Month (BBMM) programming will launch its…
Dr Lez – 30 Reggae tunes
I myself refused to partake in BHM for much of the 90s into the new millennium, because many…
WATCH: An Interview with British baritone Peter Brathwaite
Can you tell us about your early life growing up in Manchester and what or who first got…
Can Britain Regain Its Pre-eminence As Reggae Industry’s Number One Destination? Asks Kwaku
Today, most young people and adults with short memories, are likely to find it hard to believe that…
WATCH: UK Reggae Pioneers, Black Slate, Continue to Lead the Way with New Tracks
Black Slate are a reggae group, who formed in 1972 and were originally based in Hackney East London….
Staying Power: Interview with Earl Cameron
For decades the legendary British/Bermudian actor Earl Cameron CBE – who celebrated his 102nd birthday on August 8th…
QUEENS OF SHEBA
“They ask me where I am from! I say I am a mix. Of both racism and sexism…
