Narratives from beyond the UK reggae bassline : the system is sound

by William Henry (Editor)

Other authorsMatthew Worley (Editor)
PDF, 2020

Publication

Basingstoke : Palgrave Macmillan, 2020.

ISBN

9783030551612

Notes

CONTENTS
Introduction: Narratives from the Bassline / William ‘Lez’ Henry, Matthew Worley
Vexed History: Time and the Waning of Heart-I-Cal Philosophy / Paul Gilroy
Reggae Culture as Local Knowledge: Mapping the Beats on South East London Streets / William ‘Lez’ Henry, Les Back
A Who Seh? Reflections of a Lost and Found Dub Poet / Martin Glynn
‘What a Devilment a Englan!’ Dub Poets and Ranters / Tim Wells
Smiley Culture: A Hybrid Voice for the Commonwealth / Lucy Robinson
The Story of Nzinga Soundz and the Women’s Voice in Sound System Culture /
‘Dem a Call Us Pirates, Dem a Call Us Illegal Broadcasters!’: ‘Pirates’ Anthem’, PCRL and the Struggle for Black Free Radio in Birmingham / Lisa Amanda Palmer
Rebel Music in the Rebel City: The Performance Geography of the Nottingham ‘Blues Party’, 1957–1987 / Tom Kew
‘Curious Roots & Crafts’: Record Shops and Record Labels Amid the British Reggae Diaspora / Peter Hughes Jachimiak
From Sound Systems to Disc Jockeys, from Local Bands to Major Success: On Bristol’s Crucial Role in Integrating Reggae and Jamaican Music in British Culture / Melissa Chemam
Growing Up Under the Influence: A Sonic Genealogy of Grime / Joy White
Sound Systems and the Christian Deviation / Carl Tracey
Handsworth Revolution: Reggae Theomusicology, Gospel Borderlands and Delinking Black British Contemporary Gospel Music from Colonial Christianity / Robert Beckford
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