Produced by Simon Phillips, this documentary features Jazzie B, Trevor Nelson MBE, Marcia Carr, Claudia Wilson, Ammo Talwar MBE, DJ SS, DJ Rap, DJ Spoony, Wookie, Jeff Smith, Simon Dunmore and Carol Leeming MBE as they take a trip down memory lane and shine a spotlight on England’s independent record stores that specialised in Black music. Documenting the importance of these record shops through the decades, across history and culture.
Check out the new project website - www.theblackmusicrecordshop.co.uk - which also houses additional interviews, images and insight from those who worked and shopped in the record stores. Illuminating Black, African & Caribbean experiences, which have been uncovered by a team of researchers and will all be available via the website.
The documentary and website are part of a wider project by the same name: The Record Store & Black Music: England’s Tastemakers, which also saw the release of a book, podcast and educational resource.
Purchase the book here - https://amzn.eu/d/eN5AHgC
The project has been made possible with The National Lottery Heritage Fund, thanks to National Lottery players. It has been rolled out by 2Funky Arts (Leicester), in partnership with Sound/Image Research Centre (University of Greenwich, London), Brighter Sound (Manchester) and music:defined.