Sounds Like London: A Century of Black Music in the Capital
by:
Lloyd Bradley (author)
Sounds Like London Explores the influence of immigrant cultures on the capital's music scene. This title tells the story of the music and the larger-than-life characters making it, journeying from Soho jazz clubs to Brixton blues parties to King's Cross warehouse raves to the streets of Notting...
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Sounds Like London Explores the influence of immigrant cultures on the capital's music scene. This title tells the story of the music and the larger-than-life characters making it, journeying from Soho jazz clubs to Brixton blues parties to King's Cross warehouse raves to the streets of Notting Hill - and onto sound systems everywhere. Full description
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9781846687617 (1846687616)
Publish date: August 22nd 2013
Publisher: Serpent's Tail
Pages no: 256
Edition language: English
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....
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