Black Music (magazine)

The first edition of Black Music magazine, December 1973.

Black Music (Black Music & Jazz Review from April 1978) was the first British music magazine to take reggae music seriously.[1] The magazine was aimed mostly at fans of soul music but included regular featured articles on reggae and reggae charts. The first issue was published in December 1973.[2] and the magazine was published monthly.

It was Carl Gayle, born in Jamaica, who inspired the magazine after his article "Let it Rock" came to the attention of magazine publishers IPC (International Publishing Corporation).[1] Gayle later recorded several reggae albums under the name "Carl I". His first was titled Keep My Fire Burnin.[2]

Under the editorship of Chris May from 1979–1984, the magazine championed hip hop, rap and electro music in the face of considerable hostility from black music's British establishment. It also maintained extensive coverage of African music, which May had introduced as a freelance contributor in the mid 1970s with his Afroheat column. In April 1984, May left the magazine to head up the UK office of Celluloid Records, then the primary outlet for avant-funk US producer Bill Laswell. Black Music & Jazz Review was absorbed by Blues & Soul in July 1984 and ceased to have an independent identity.[3]

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References

  1. 1 2 Erica Joyner, "Little Known Black History Fact: Black Music Magazine" The Tom Joyner Morning Show, 25 June 2012. Retrieved 29 July 2014.
  2. 1 2 Black Music magazine front covers. dancecrasher.co.uk, 2012. Retrieved 29 July 2014.
  3. ↑ Black music & jazz review, copac. Retrieved 29 July 2014.


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