Lloyd Bradley

100 Years of Black Music in the Capital
Lloyd Bradley is one of the UK’s leading experts on modern black music from Great Britain and Jamaica.
With a background of over 30 years as a music journalist and a CV including Mojo, Blues & Soul, the Independent, Nylon, the Observer, Q Magazine, Esquire, Smash Hits, Music Week and the NME, Lloyd has specialized in black music made in the UK or Jamaica. He was among the UK’s first black pirate radio crew on the iconic Dread Broadcast Corporation; has written the world’s best-selling book ever on reggae music, Bass Culture: When Reggae Was King; was Associate Producer of BBC2’s award winning series Reggae: The Story of Jamaican Music; and is author of the only book to trace the unique history of Britain’s black music and the people who made it, Sounds Like London: 100 Years of Black Music in the Capital. He has compiled and written sleevenotes for numerous soul, funk and reggae albums and has spoken and lectured on black music and its socio-cultural connection all over the UK, the US and Jamaica.
Lloyd has lectured in journalism and magazine theory and presentation in the UK and the US, devising and delivering courses for media studies and journalism students. He has lectured and spoken on music and its cultural resonances in Britain and Jamaica, most recently addressing the 2013 International Women’s Forum Cornerstone Conference in Montego Bay, on Music: An Instrument for Change.
Books
Events
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Salon XLVIII
Sex, and Drugs, and ROCK AND ROLL.
7th Nov 2013
- Aarathi Prasad
- Alexis Dubus
- Andrea Wulf
- Andy Bird
- Andy Marsh
- Art Macabre
- Arthur I Miller
- Barbara Sahakian
- Ben Hammersley
- Brad Inness
- Brett Dolman
- Caspar Henderson
- Catherine Pendegrass
- Cathy Haynes
- Charles Spence
- Chelsea Berlin
- Chengwei Liu
- Cheryl Tipp
- Chris Watson
- Christian Banfield
- Clare Conville
- Claudia Hammond
- Damian Barr
- Daniel Rachel
- David Lindo
- David Spiegelhalter
- David Tong
- Dharshini David
- Dr Adam Rutherford
- Dr Catherine Loveday
- Dr David Rouse.
- Dr Emily Winterburn
- Dr Kate Raworth
- Dr Molly Crockett
- Dr Morgaine Gaye
- Dr Nick Southgate
- Dr Scilla Elworthy
- Dr. Alasdair Russell
- Edith Hall
- Edward Slingerland
- Elaine Fox
- Elaine Sciolino
- Ella Berthoud
- Ellen Loudon
- Flexie Muiso
- Gavin Francis
- Gill Attrill
- Grace Dugdale
- Greg Mcleod
- Greg Wilson
- Hayley Quinn
- Helen Bagnall
- Helen Morgan / Penny Pickles
- Helen Oyeyemi
- Iain McGilchrist
- Ian Leslie
- Ian Robertson
- Jamie Bartlett
- Jane Cockcroft
- Jane Parkinson
- Jason Hickel
- Jessica Fellowes
- Jo Berry
- Joanna Ellis
- John Foster
- John Higgs
- John McHugo
- John Paul Flintoff
- Julian Baggini
- Juliet Russell
- Justin Hancock
- Katy Guest
- Katy Rudd
- Kerry Daynes
- Kevin Dutton
- Leo Critchley
- Leo Hollis
- Leonie Sooke
- Lisa Appignanesi
- Lisa Bortolotti
- Lloyd Bradley
- Lucinda Hawksley
- Lucy Tesco
- Luke Bainbridge
- Manjit Kumar
- Marcus Chown
- Margaret Heffernan
- Mark Bolitho
- Mark Bowden
- Mark Maslin
- Mark Shayler
- Matt Locke
- Matthew Morgan
- Michael Banissy
- Michael Brooks
- Michael Ormiston
- Mike Heron
- Natalie Haynes
- Nathalie Nahai
- Nathan Penlington
- Nichi Hodgson
- Nick Chater
- Nick Southgate
- Niki Nikitanos
- Odette Toilette
- Oliver Cromwell
- Olivia Laing
- Orson Wajih and Rosario Serrano
- Otto Haddad
- Paul Tierney
- Peter Culshaw
- Philip Escoffey
- Phillipa Perry
- Prof Hilary Greaves
- Prof Johnjoe McFadden
- Prof Robert Hazell CBE
- Professor David Nutt
- Professor Nava Ashraf
- Professor Tim Newburn
- Rev Canon Dr Ellen Loudon
- Rick Edwards
- Rob Cowen
- Robert E Smith
- Robert Rowland Smith
- Robin Choudbury
- Robin Fegen
- Robin Ince
- Roman Krznaric
- Roman Krznaric
- Ross Jeffries
- Ruth Mann
- Ruth Padel
- Salena Godden
- Sam Leith
- Sara Jayne Stanes
- Sarah Corbett
- Sarah McCartney
- Shaun Attwood
- Simon Garfield
- Simone Niles
- Sophie Scott
- Steve Jones
- Steven Rose
- Stevyn Colgan
- Stuart Clark
- Susan Supercharged
- Suzy Lishman
- Tali Sharot
- Tammi Brown
- Tanya Byron
- Tasha Marks
- Tim Lawrence
- Tim Marshall
- Tim Spector
- Tom Chatfield
- Tony Juniper
- Trevor Cox
- Tristan Gooley
- Vicky Pryce
- Wil Hodgson
- Will Hobson
- Xidus Pain
- Yasmin Alibhai-Brown
- Zoe Cormier