First broadcast date: 4 April 2018
Monthly show from journalist and broadcaster Emma Warren.
Joining Emma is British music journalist and author Lloyd Bradley, who discusses Dread Lepke from the first Black British pirate DBC, who passed away in March 2018. Lloyd also chats about his new exhibition which has moved from the Black Cultural Archive to the Bernie Grant Centre on 100 Years of Black music in the UK.
James ‘Creole’ Thomas – Lead By No One (22a)
Joshua Abrams – Moon Hunger (Eremite Records)
DJ Taye – 2094 (Hyperdub)
Bicep – Opal (Four Tet Remix) (Ninjatune)
Mabuta – Bamako Love Song ft. Shabaka Hutchings (Shane Cooper Music)
Joe Armon-Jones – Mollison Dub (Brownswood)
BCUC – Yinde (Nyami Nyami Records)
Interview with Lloyd Bradley
Warrior Charge – ASWAD (Island Records)
DBC Jingle
Ken ‘Snakehips’ Johnson & His West Indian Dance Band – Snakehips Swing (Marshall Cavendish)
Ambrose Campbell & The West African Rhythm Brothers – Ominira (Melodisc)
Lord Kitchener – If You’re Not White You’re Black (Melodisc)
Matumbi – Music In The Air (Matumbi Music Corp)
Brown Sugar – I’m In Love With A Dreadlocks (Lover’s Rock)
Soul II Soul – Jazzie’s Groove (Virgin)
The Ragga Twins – Spliffhead (Shut Up and Dance Records)
Ray BLK – My Hood ft. Stormzy (Unknown/Self-released)
The Equals – Viva Bobby Joe (President Records)
