
​Lloyd Bradley
London, England
History belongs to those who write it down, and as one of the UK’s leading black music experts and cultural commentators, Lloyd Bradley has been documenting modern black music and culture from the UK, Jamaica and the US for over forty years.
Black Sound,
Big Success
The Black Sound, London exhibition, curated by Lloyd Bradley and Scott Leonard, wrapped up its four month run at the Barbican Music Library, with fantastic attendance figures. BML's official count clocked visitor numbers at 42,370. The Library's management maintained it "pushed the boundaries of our exhibition programming" and "it was a joy to watch attenddes respond to it."
Scott and I would like to thank the BML and everybody who came to see Black Sound as you all played a huge part in making it such a success.
click the poster for the story of Black Sound
Many Rivers
The podcast that reconnects British black music with the culture that created It

In conjunction with Warner Music Entertainment and podcast producer Darkside Media, Lloyd has teamed up with poet & music creative Rotimi Skyers (above left) to present Many Rivers a brand new podcast dedicated to British black music.
Together, through the music past and present, Lloyd & Rotimi will be exploring our unique black British culture by diving into what went into the music, what lies behind it, what maintains it and, significantly, why it could only have happened in the UK. Genres won’t matter - many rivers flowing into the one sea - as they’ll all connect back to the evolving culture that created them showing how grime and calypso or lovers rock and jazz/funk have more in common than they do keeping them apart.
Most importantly, Many Rivers will enjoy itself, celebrating what makes British black music so special, iand doing so in esteemed and highly entertaining company. Cookie Pryce from the Cookie Crew, Jazzie B, Jaz Karis, Lionel McCalman leader of Nostalgia Steel Band, Light of the World’s Kenny Wellington & Breeze McKreith and saxophone colossus Courtney Pine. will all be dropping by. Expect stories, anecdotes and fascinating first hand insight into the groove.
With Many Rivers Lloyd and Ro will be reminding a huge, multi-generational audience why British black music has grown into a world force and has been rocking our house for over one hundred years.
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Series One
available now
studio guests include:
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Jaz Karis



Courtney Pine
Light of the World

Cookie Pryce

Jazzie B
Many Rivers
High Tides
Series One:
Apple UK:
Music History #2
Music #21
Apple USA:
Music History #118
Apple South Africa:
Music History #4
Music #123

Music Book of 2013: Financial Times, NME and Daily Telegraph
“Breezily written but politically astute and critically sharp” – The Guardian
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"Dizzying in its scope yet meticulous in its attention to detail, written with passion, style and gustom"
Independent
on Sunday

"far more engrossing than most bland football memoirs" – The Sunday Times
"a warm and engaging read" –the Sunday Post

"more than just a pop star autobiography – a charming, candid, laugh-out-loud story of survival, triumph, spirit and sheer force of will." The Daily Telegraph