Don't Stop the Carnival: Black British Music

By Kevin Le Gendre

This is a story of empire, colonialism and then the new energies released by the movements for freedom and independence of the post second-world-war years; of the movements of peoples across borders; of the flow of music around the triangle that takes in Africa, the Caribbean, the USA and Great Britain; of temporary but highly influential visitors like Paul Robeson; and of the settlement of ex-colonial peoples who brought their music to Britain, and changed its forms and concerns in the new context. Le Gendre brings together both a sense of historical purpose and the ability to actually describe music in vivid and meaningful ways.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1845233611
• ISBN13: 9781845233617
• Release Date: May 2018
• Publisher: Peepal Tree Press
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 1.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.1" x 9.2"