Caspar Melville
It's a London thing: Roots and Routes into Club Culture with author & journalist Caspar Melville on A World in London! Click: https://www.mixcloud.com/SOASradio/a-world-in-london-324/ The multi-hyphenate Caspar Melville - journalist, raver, scholar, music obsessive, and author - joined us at SOAS radio this week for a chat and some classic tracks. As a consummate clubber in London during the 80s and 90s, Caspar's years on the dancefloor were eminently well spent, as he proves in his latest book 'It's a London Thing', a wide-ranging look at the joys of Black British music in the capital, from South London sound systems, funk & soul parties, underground raves, and now to Grime and South London Nu Jazz. As much a social movement as a cultural one, with clubs as sites of resistance and creation, London's music scene has gone through many incarnations forged by people from all over the world who congregate here, make music, and dance. As Paul Gilroy stated, "if it's about roots its also about routes!" and the vibrant musical hub that London is owes much to migration; particularly the Caribbean Windrush generation whose status in this country is imperilled today, as well as other diaspora communities from all over Asia, Africa and the Americas. This episode includes a fascinating insight into new trends and clubbing history from Caspar via the ebbs and flows of London's music cultures, the joy to be found on dancefloors, and the dynamism of British music being shaped by and shaping our city. Caspar's book 'It's a London thing: How Rare Groove, Acid House, and Jungle Remapped the City' is out now in all good bookstores. Also on this AWIL, new global CDs, and a special tribute to inspirational Ladysmith Black Mambazo founder Joseph Shabalala – RIP.
Lokkhi Terra - Badaam - Cuba/Bangladesh/UK
Silvia Balducci – Tocata Y Fuega- Italy/UK
Les Amazons d’Afrique - Smile – Africa - Various
Sotomayor - Nunca es Tarde - Mexico
Chase ft Eric Naves and Xanthe - I Like to Party -
Maria Mazzotta - Vorrei Volare - Italy
Ladysmith Black Mambazo - Wimoweh Mbubi - South Africa
Fred Wesley & The New JBs - Blow Your Head – USA
James Mason – Sweet Power Your Embrace - USA
12/02/20 – AWIL 324. Online: Production & pics by Tanbir Johal, Norman Druker, Sophie Darling, Lucas Keen, artist Alban Low. Also this week The London Lucumi Choir at Resonance FM – Click: https://www.mixcloud.com/Resonance/a-world-in-london-12th-february-2020/
Going Global Gigs Guide: Feb 21 The Sages & Aga Ujma @SOAS Concert Series @ Brunei Gallery SOAS, Feb 29 Kuch Kuch Bollywood Nights @ The Alice EC3A, Mar 1 Martin Alvarado @ Unity Hall Islington, Mar 1 Tribute to Roza Eskenazi by Dunja Botic + @ Green Note, Mar 2 Lokkhi Terra @ Jazz Café, Mar 7 Kan Beng @ Trades Hall E17, Mar 13 WOMED feat. Marina Deligianni, Katerina Clambaneva, Olcay Bayir, Pavlos Carvalho @ SOAS Concert Series, Mar 27 Let Drum Beat @ Rich Mix, Mar 28 Kuch Kuch Bollywood Nights @ The Alice EC3A, Apr 1 Najma Akhtar Five Rivers album launch @ Pizza Express Holborn.
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