Live at the Hackney Empire
Trevor Nelson and DJ Spoony are your hosts for this unique celebration of Black Music in Britain at the Hackney Empire featuring the Chineke! Orchestra and the LJ Singers.
Trevor Nelson and DJ Spoony are your hosts for this unique celebration of Black Music in Britain at the Hackney Empire featuring the Chineke! Orchestra and the LJ Singers directed by Chris Cameron. Plus special guests Alison Limerick, Courtney Pine, Rhoda Dakar, Elisabeth Troy and Omar. The musical mix explores the sounds and irresistible grooves of funk, soul, reggae, 2-Tone, jazz and UK garage. Packed full of classics from the past five decades including Back to Life, Crazy Love, Flowers, There’s Nothing Like This, Children of the Ghetto, Can You Feel The Force, Where Love Lives, Let’s Do Rocksteady and You To Me Are Everything.
The Music Is Black: The BBC in collaboration with the V&A East Museum, is celebrating Black British Music and the people who made it.
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- Sun 28 Jun 202620:00BBC Radio 2
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