Arts articles
Muzik Kinda Sweet Photography by Birmingham film-maker, photographer and artist Pogus Caesar Muzik Kinda Sweet features rare shots from Stevie Wonder’s 1989 sessions at Central Music Studios, legendary reggae producer Lee ‘Scratch’ Perry in full regalia, a playful Rita Marley wife of the late Bob Marley and the opening night of Grace Jones’s triumphant 2009 […]
Nina Stevens went to meet festival director, Nadia Denton on the 10th anniversary of the BFM Festival The celebration of the 10th anniversary of the BFM Festival started this weekend. It’s the largest festival celebrating the work of Black film makers in the UK and is one of the most important. Since its beginnings in […]
Who was Michael X? Black Power Activist and Political Icon? Liar, Pimp, Murderer? A Trini ‘bwoy’ rolls off a boat into 1950s London. Ten years later he’s the most famous black man in Britain, but who was Michael X? The ‘authentic voice of black bitterness’ [Observer 1965] or the ex Rachman henchman for whom politics […]
Campbell’s of London began exhibiting world class Caribbean art in 2004. Since taking that bold step, Campbell’s have never looked back, remaining committed to promoting exciting Caribbean art to the international market in London. After the first ground breaking exhibition Gingerbread in 2004, we have held many successful Caribbean flavoured exhibitions including Beyond a Boundary, […]
Jamaica Farewell at Hackney Empire Hackney Empireis proud to present Debra Ehrhardt in her outstanding one woman show. Don’t miss this spectacular studio show. Only at Hackney Empire! Based on her true-life story, NAACP award-winning writer/performer Debra Ehrhardt’s, JAMAICA FAREWELL, tells the journey she took to escape revolution-torn Jamaica in the 1970s. Left to her […]