When the cultural centre opens on the East Bank in Stratford’s Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park, its inaugural major exhibition will look at the wide-reaching impact Black British music has had on UK culture. Covering jazz, reggae, 2 tone, drum & bass, trip hop, UK garage and grime just to name a few, The Music Is Black: A British Story, celebrates 125 years of Black music in Britain. The Music is Black will also address the social, historical and cultural context behind Black British music which led to some of the UK’s most progressive musical genres. ‘Hi Tension’ 1979 (Image: Adrian Boot, urbanimage.tv)The exhibition's curator Jacqueline Springer, Curator of The Music Is Black said the exploration of Black British music will be contextualised within British colonialism. V&A East will open at East Bank in 2025.

Source: The Times November 01, 2023 19:35 UTC