Beyond The Bassline: Celebrating 500 years of Black British Music.

Beyond the Bassline is both a celebration and a starting point, spotlighting the rich legacy of African and Caribbean influences in British music. Yet, this is just the beginning. There's much more to uncover in our ongoing quest to understand and honour the depth of Black British music's impact, on British musical heritage. (Mykaell Riley (Exhibition Curator and Director of the Black British Music Research Unit and former member of Steel Pulse).

Updated June 28, 2024
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Too much too young : the 2 Tone Records story : rude boys, racism and the soundtrack of a generation
Rachel, Daniel
Paper Book
The definitive and remarkable story of 2 Tone Records, featuring an introduction by Pauline Black  --A Times/Sunday Times Book of the Year --An Uncut Book of the Year --Long-Listed for the Penderyn Music Book Prize --A Louder Than...
The Usborne first thousand words in French : with easy pronunciation guide
Amery, Heather
Paper Book
This book has large pictures for looking and talking, surrounded by small, labelled pictures of 1000 of the most familiar things, to build up and practice French vo cabulary. This is backed up by an alphabetical word list wit h pronunciation guides. '
Totally wired : the rise and fall of the music press
Gorman, Paul
Paper Book
A raucous yet reflective look back at the evolution of the music press and the passionate rock and pop journalists who defined the music of the 20th century. Totally Wired is the definitive story of the music press on both sides of the Atlantic, tracing the rise and...
Propa propaganda
Zephaniah, Benjamin.
Paper Book
Propa Propaganda was Benjamin Zephaniah's second collection from Bloodaxe. First published in 1996, it includes some of his classic poems, such as 'I Have a Scheme', 'The Death of Joy Gardner', 'White Comedy' and 'The Angry Black Poet'. Best known for his performance poetry with a political edge for...
Black and British : a forgotten history
Olusoga, David
Paper Book
Winner of the 2017 PEN Hessell-Tiltman PrizeWinner of the Longman History Today Trustees' AwardLonglisted for the Orwell PrizeShortlisted for the inaugural Jhalak PrizeA Waterstones History Book of the YearAn updated edition with new material of the acclaimed re-examination of a shared history,...
Black Tudors : the untold story
Kaufmann, Miranda
Paper Book
A new, transformative history - in Tudor times there were Black people living and working in Britain, and they were free 'This is history on the cutting edge of archival research, but accessibly written and alive with human details and warmth.' David Olusoga, author of Black and...
Dance With Oti : The Bird Jive
Mabuse, Oti/ Hardy, Samara (ILT)
Paper Book
Slide to the right! Kick to the left! Join the class and learn the steps to the Bird Jive in this buoyant book by a winner of the top British TV dance show. It's time for Mrs. Oti's class, where everyone's about to learn a dance in ten easy steps! There are lots of children, and...
Girl, woman, other
Evaristo, Bernardine
Paper Book
NATIONAL BESTSELLER WINNER OF THE BOOKER PRIZE "A must-read about modern Britain and womanhood . . . An impressive, fierce novel about the lives of black British families, their struggles, pains, laughter, longings and loves . . . Her style is passionate, razor-sharp, brimming with...
In our mad and furious city
Gunaratne, Guy
Paper Book
Long-listed for the 2018 Man Booker Prize Short-listed for the 2018 Gordon Burn Prize Short-listed for the 2018 Goldsmiths Prize Inspired by the real-life murder of a British army soldier by religious fanatics, Guy Gunaratne's In Our Mad and...
This lovely city
Hare, Louise
Paper Book
An atmospheric and utterly compelling debut novel about a Jamaican immigrant living in postwar London, This Lovely City shows that new arrivals have always been the prime suspects -- but that even in the face of anger and fear, there is always hope. London, 1950. With the war...
The secret diaries of Charles Ignatius Sancho : a novel
Joseph, Paterson
Paper Book
Named one of NPR's Books We Love It's finally time for Charles Ignatius Sancho to tell his story, one that begins on a slave ship in the Atlantic and ends at the very center of London life. . . . A lush and immersive tale of...
Swing time
Smith, Zadie
Paper Book
"Smith's thrilling cultural insights never overshadow the wholeness of her characters, who are so keenly observed that one feels witness to their lives." --O, The Oprah Magazine "A sweeping meditation on art, race, and identity that may be [Smith's] most ambitious work...

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