8/26/2023 0 Comments Culcha![]() I learnt about classical music and English folk music through doing ballet and piano lessons, jazz through doing tap dance and of course there was church music, I went to the local Anglian Church of England school, which again has influenced me. I came to respect the Jamaicans because they wouldn’t tolerate the racism, and violent attacks against them from the teddy boys. Jamaican music was perhaps the most dominant music from the Caribbean it covered a range of situations and reflected what was happening in that society. We became ‘ja-fake-ans’ playing another chameleon for currency on the street. There was a culture clash because anybody that wasn’t Jamaican was a ‘smallie’. ![]() There were skinheads on the street, racism at school, so I had to be a chameleon to survive, as there was a lack of identity for me. I was usurped into a lower middle class British culture, in a nice house, in Enoch Powell’s constituency in Wolverhampton. Brip brap, police ah come and de gal a halla murder’.īut there was none of that culture when I came to England. They had a guitar, a basic drum, and they would sing and dance Kweh Kweh – and the people would sing songs like ‘Sancho lick he lover pon de dam and de gal a halla murder. ![]() Uncle George would lead the singing at festivals, one such event was that which proceeded a wedding celebration, where the women cooked outside. My late Uncle’s name was George Halley, but they called him ‘Paul Whiteman’, which I found out years later was the name of an American band conductor from the USA. It was more of a sensation which felt like I should dance to this tune. I didn’t know what the words meant, but the way they were married together and the construction, made me feel woozy. As a child, standing or sitting in the hot sun, listening to the radio, I found music very emotive. I heard Nat King Cole and Sam Cooke on the radio as we stood on the railway platform awaiting the train. In the evening there would be the death announcement, followed by music. There was no electricity in the villages, so we would listen to the battery-powered wireless for a couple of hours each day. In Jamaica, they say that ‘music is the beat of your heart’, and my love of music goes back to my childhood in Guyana. As a selector, we heard her Guyanese and eclectic Black British musical heritage, and listened to her ethical approach to DeeJaying that used counter-lyrics to challenge the misogyny, homophobia and paedophilia that was/is sometimes found in reggae dancehall. 05 Riddim – Payday Music Group- 2011 05 RIDDIM – AUSTIN GREEN / PAYDAY MUSIC GROUP – 2011 Tracklist: 01 – BOUNTY KILLER – LOVE (FI BOUNTY) 02 – BUJU BANTON – WHINE UP AND GWAAN 03 – ALIBRA – TEST ME (FEAT ALIBRA) 04 – LUTAN FYAH – CAN DO BETTER.Donna Moore, as Sista Culcha, is significant in the history of sound system culture in the UK, because she led what many acknowledge as the first female sound system in the early 1980s.Natural Riddim – Warner Music Group NATURAL RIDDIM – WARNER MUSIC GROUP 2016 Tracklist: Assassin – Tun It Up Jesse Royal – Come From Junior Carl – Von Gestern Irie Révoltés – Jamais Fatigué Culcha Candela feat.Sweet Escape Riddim – Toproad Music / Citi Ute Beats SWEET ESCAPE RIDDIM – TOPROAD MUSIC GROUP & CITI UTE BEATS Tracklist: Blakfox – Badmind Chevy Don – Money Up Gabydan Vyce – Iphone X DS – LaLa Love Milli Boss & Di Grim – Stocks & Bonds Javah Gena – Big Links Gyalis –.Stay Real Riddim – Toproad Music Group STAY REAL RIDDIM – TOPROAD MUSIC GROUP 2023 Tracklist: Blakfox – Me She Love Chevy Don – 2Face Confidenxx – No Love DS – Saint Falco DiGeneral – Nuh Dayoff Speech – Torcha APPLE MUSIC DOWNLOAD LISTEN ON SPOTIFY.Billionaire Club Riddim – Toproad Music Group BILLIONAIRE CLUB RIDDIM – TOPROAD MUSIC GROUP / CITI UTE BEATS 2020 Tracklist: Chevy Don – Boss Life Milli Boss – Billionaire Club Javah Gena Live Up – Grinding Black Genius – Weed Party Speech – Money Pree Toproad – Billionaire Club Riddim APPLE MUSIC.
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