Reggae Britannia, the Barbican, February 5th
aaamusic | On 13, Jan 2011
Reggae Britannia
Featuring Dennis Alcapone and Winston Reedy, Dave Barker, Pauline Black, Ken Boothe, Dennis Bovell, Ali Campbell, Brinsley Forde, Janet Kay, Neville Staple, Caroll Thompson & more
5 February 2011
Barbican Hall, 7.30pm
Tickets £10/15
Box Office: 0845 120 7550 www.barbican.org.uk/contemporary
Barbican Centre Silk, Street London EC2Y 8DS
The Barbican’s annual collaboration with BBC Four this year celebrates Reggae and its impact on British music, culture and society.
Legendary music producer Dennis Bovell assembles a big band which includes some of British reggaes’ most influential and important artists to tell the story of the genres musical evolution from Ska, through Rocksteady, Roots, Dub, Lovers Rock and beyond.
Featuring hits from the 1960s to the present day, the programme will see performances from, amongst others, Dennis Alcapone and Winston Reedy, Dave Barker, Pauline Black, Ali Campbell, Ken Boothe, Brinsley Forde, Janet Kay, Neville Staple, Caroll Thompson, Big Youth and the musical director himself, Dennis Bovell.
The Live show, Reggae Britannia At The Barbican will be broadcast on BBC 4 at 10.30pm on 11th February, immediately after the first of four exciting programmes; a new documentary, Reggae Britannia.
Reggae Britannia explores and celebrates the impact of reggae on British music and culture from the Sixties through to the mid-Eighties. The documentary delves into the world of reggae, examining everything from the music, the bass lines and the spliff, to black kids speaking brummie or cockney, the romance of Jamaica and the smell of British streets in the Seventies. Directed by Jeremy Marre, the programme hears from many of the performers that appear at Reggae Britannia at the Barbican.
BBC 4 continues to spotlight some of the genre’s greatest artists the following Friday, February 18th, with the second new documentary, Toots And The Maytals – Reggae Got Soul, followed by Reggae At The BBC, a choice compilation showcasing a range of archive content.
Produced by the Barbican in association with BBC Four
