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Black music cultures in London

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Black music cultures - how did they evolve in London?

Black music cultures in the UK - Laurie Taylor explores their evolution and special relationship with London.

Black music culture: Laurie talks to Caspar Melville, Lecturer in Global Creative and Cultural Industries at SOAS, about his study of the musical life which emerged in post-colonial London at the end of the twentieth century – from  reggae and soul in the 1970s, to rare groove and rave in the 1980s and jungle in the 1990s.  They're joined by Kim-Marie Spence, Post Doctoral Student at Solent University, Southampton, who explores the mixed fortunes of reggae and dancehall within Jamaica and beyond.

Producer: Jayne Egerton

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