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Books are listed in order of year of publication - newest titles are at the top. There are 6 books in this booklist
£7.99 paperback (2022) - ISBN 13: 9780571366491 | ISBN 10: 057136649x
Music can carry the stories of history like a message in a bottle. Lord Kitchener, Neneh Cherry, Smiley Culture, Stormzy... Groundbreaking musicians whose songs have changed the world. But how? This exhilarating playlist tracks some of the key s ... more
View book details£19.99 paperback (2018) - ISBN 13: 9781845233617 | ISBN 10: 1845233611
Don’t Stop the Carnival is the story of Black music in Britain from Tudor times to the mid 1960s. It is a story framed by slavery, empire, colonialism and the flow of music around the Black Atlantic of Africa, the Caribbean, the USA and Great Brita ... more
View book details£14.99 paperback (2017) - ISBN 13: 9781445672083 | ISBN 10: 1445672081
In the late 1950s, a flourishing musical culture began to emerge in major UK cities such as Liverpool, Manchester, Birmingham and London. This was particularly true in the Merseyside area, where an estimated 350 different groups were active, often pl ... more
View book details£12.99 paperback (2016) - ISBN 13: 9781909762350 | ISBN 10: 1909762350
A pioneer and a trailblazer, Evelyn Dove left a mark in the arts industry. She was the first black female singer on BBC Radio and the first black British female singer to work in America, a quarter of a century before Shirley Bassey. In a ca ... more
View book details£14.99 paperback (2013) - ISBN 13: 9781846687617 | ISBN 10: 1846687616
For as long as people have been migrating to London, so has their music. An essential link to home, music also has the power to shape communities in surprising ways. Black music has been part of London's landscape since the First World War, when the ... more
View book details£9.99 paperback (2012) - ISBN 13: 9781846687914 | ISBN 10: 1846687918
Probably best-known for her role as lead singer in The Selecter, one of the best British ska / 2 tone bands of the early 1980s, Pauline Black has lived a life rich in contradictions. Mixed-race, adopted to a middle-aged white couple, tracing some of ... more
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