It would be hard for a pop fan of almost any listening preference in this country not to have been touched, in some way, by Jamaica’s irresistible rhythms. Everyone from second-generation West Indian ...
Reggae had a rough ride from the British media in the 1960s. As lifelong fan Jerry Dammers suggests in the latest programme of BBC4’s ongoing … Britannia series, the rock press regarded it as "idiot ...
385 Willesden High Road is tucked away behind a row of dilapidated 19th century houses, its entrance obscured by high locked gates and a walled yard. But 385 is a treasure trove of reggae history.
And so it was with the reggae edition (part of the Reggae Britannia season), which took a brisk 90-minute march from reggae's arrival in Britain from Jamaica in the Sixties to the point where it ...
It is a genre that has inspired decades of music, and yet British reggae is too often overlooked. A new documentary from BBC4, Reggae Britannia, seeks to put that right, as it takes us through the ...
Dennis Bovell performs Brother Louie at the Barbican in London for a very special concert as part of BBC Four's Reggae Britannia. Big Youth performs S90 Skank at the Barbican in London for a very ...
A tribute to the forgotten venues that helped shape black British culture. By Tim Burrows Reggae Britannia, BBC Four’s latest archive-heavy trawl through music history is notable for the absence of ...
It would be hard for a pop fan of almost any listening preference in this country not to have been touched, in some way, by Jamaica’s irresistible rhythms. Everyone from second-generation West Indian ...
And so it was with the reggae edition (part of the Reggae Britannia season), which took a brisk 90-minute march from reggae's arrival in Britain from Jamaica in the Sixties to the point where it ...
Friday, BBC4, 9pm BBC4 has not put a foot wrong with their excellent Britannia series of music documentaries. This 90-minute film, which looks at how reggae and ska have developed since the early ...
The acclaimed BBC4 Britannia series moves into the world of British reggae Showing how it came from Jamaica in the 1960s to influence over the next 20 years both British music and society the ...
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