Music
Black Dance in London – Circa 1780s
Posted in African, Black Britain, Black Presence, Blackpresence Supports, Caribbean, Community, Education, Entertainment, Europe, History, Music on October 16th, 2009 by admin – Be the first to commentMobos to Honour Jackson
Posted in African American, Arts, Black Britain, Business, Europe, Media, Music, The Americas on October 1st, 2009 by admin – Be the first to comment
British acts dominated the honours at the annual Mobo awards ceremony for music of black origin, which this year paid tribute to the late King of Pop Michael Jackson. London Hip hop trio N-Dubz scooped the awards for Best Album and Best Act, while JLS, finalists in Britain's X Factor talent television talent show, ...
George Polgreen Bridgetower
Posted in Black Britain, Education, Entertainment, Europe, History, Music on September 18th, 2009 by admin – Be the first to comment
The talented African violin Prodigy George Polgreen Bridgetower was born in Biala, Poland on February 29, 1780; his father...... the African Prince was married to a German woman who is named in English documents as Mary Ann Bridgetown. They had two sons, who both became fine musicians. The younger brother, "Fredrick", was a cellist......... (Prodigy George ...
David Grant
Posted in Arts, Black Britain, Caribbean, Entertainment, History, Media, Music on September 12th, 2009 by admin – Be the first to comment
Before David Grant found fame as a solo artist and lately as a vocal coach on TV programmes such as Fame Academy and also as a contemporary Gospel artist, he was in a '80s Brit-funk group called Linx. From making and selling their 12-inch single of 'You're Lying' in shops like City Records in Holborn, they ...
Music, New Markets, African and Caribbean Biodiversity
Posted in African, Caribbean, Community, Events, Media, Music on May 4th, 2009 by alexbbake – Be the first to commentI'm browsing the shelves of my office bookshelf. This is, in fact, the philosophy section at the local library, but i'm sure that many of the web community out there will be familiar with this analogy. I'm also very excited at the impending Summer launch of the BBake entertainment service. BBake at www.bbake.com will allow you to ...
Trinidad Carnival 2009 Feat: Desperadoes Steelband
Posted in Black Britain, Caribbean, Education, Entertainment, Music, News on April 15th, 2009 by Jamma – Be the first to commentTrinidad Carnival 2009 Featuring Desperadoes the Finest steel Orchestra in the World Review by Mighty Jamma The first time I saw Despers, I was with my brother Norman in 1981. They were performing at the Birmingham Odeon, (as part of their UK tour). The whole audience was transfixed, we were amazed with the standard and sound of ...
Lionel Ritchie hits out at Rap
Posted in African American, Arts, Europe, Music, News on April 5th, 2009 by admin – Be the first to commentAs Lionel Ritchie prepares to return to Wales as part of his latest UK tour, he talks to Gavin Allen about his career renaissance, his love life and the death of black music FOR a man synonymous with romantic ballads, Lionel Ritchie hasn’t been particularly lucky in love. Ritchie started his career writing up-tempo club tunes with ...
BLACK SCREEN BRITAIN
Posted in African, Arts, Black Britain, Community, Education, Europe, History, Men, Music, Politics, Racism, Women on March 28th, 2009 by admin – Be the first to commentTuesday 11.30am March 31st & April 7th 2009  BBC Radio 4 and on BBC i-player for 7 days after broadcast Programme 1: Less than 50 years ago a passionate bedroom kiss between a white man and a black woman in a popular television soap opera was the stuff of tabloid headlines. So risqué that, in fact, ...
Was OPD’s Treatment of Inner Circle racist?
Posted in African American, Arts, Community, Music, Politics, Racism, The Americas on March 24th, 2009 by admin – Be the first to comment
Last week, Geoffrey Pete--long a well-respected figure in Oakland's African-American community, and the owner of Geoffrey's Inner Circle nightclub--held a press conference outside Oakland City Hall to announce he's considering filing a complaint against the OPD for unlawful harassment. Pete has previously raised allegations that OPD and former mayor Jerry Brown instituted a crackdown on Oakland's ...


