Don't Stop the Carnival
Publisher: Peepal Tree Press, Limited
Published: 2018
Language: eng
Number of pages: 374
ISBN-13: 9781845233617
Subjects: Music, british, history and criticism; Blacks, great britain; Jazz, history and criticism; Calypso (music)
Description: "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"--Provided by publisher.