BOTWBlurb: The story of a city's transformation through its music, taking in the wave of Commonwealth immigration in the 40s right up to the present day.In the first episode the Empire Windrush brings an exciting new style of music to London with the arrival of Caribbean Calypso star Lord Kitchener....
Utilises a mixture of social and cultural analysis aligned to verbatim quotes from many of the key players - this is a compelling read which has inspired me to dust off many an old vinyl classic and go and re-purchase (and investigate new avenues) from the golden age of reggae.
It's a neat little book but I think the word secret isn't quite appropriate, there isn't that many actual secrets. It's more of a book of lesser known facts that could be found rather easily if you spent a few hours on the computer. Never the less it is pretty cool and relatively cheap.
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