Is BLACK MUSIC

Is BLACK MUSIC Alternative Black Music We sometimes affectionately refer to it as 'Cerebral Soul'. We enjoy exploring the terms black music and black culture.

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Born in 2005, Is Black Music is the world's first alternative Black music radio show and broadcast every Tuesday night at midnight on London's 104.4 Resonance FM. We specialise in Black folk, country and avant garde classical music and explore the cultures and traditions that lie

in the foundations of the music. This is a radio show for those who have developed a fond deep appreciation for and insight into Black music, and are now prepared to go beyond the ordinary. The show features obscure and underground artist, while also paying homage to mavericks who have pushed and opened the boundaries of the artform. These artists include:

Amira Baraka
The Black Rock Coalition
Bongo Joe
Burned Sugar
Dirty Walt
Elaine Brown
Cody Chessnutt
The Chicago Art Ensemble
Chuck D
George Clinton
Mick Collins & The Dirtbombs
Alice Coltrane
Betty Davis
Kimya Dawson
Eddie Grant & The Equals
Fishbone
Richie Havens
Nona Hendryx
Mike Ladd
Lee Scratch Perry
The Last Poets
Arthur Lee & Love
Janelle Monae
Ms Jody
Valerie June
William Parker
Orphy Robinson
DJ Spooky
Stew and The Negro Problem
The Sun Ra Arkestra
Tricky
Melvin Van Peebles
Errollyn Wallen
Ike Willis
Tom Wilson

With an emphasis on Black folklore, Is Black Music seeks unique voices that don't fit into industry stereotypes. We are the planet's first alternative Black music show. So come swim with us in a chocolate ocean of hidden and forbidden sound. isblackmusic.com
https://www.mixcloud.com/Resonance/playlists/is-black-music/
https://www.instagram.com/isblackmusic/

A film about the legendary Swamp Dogg is at the ICA tomorrow night November 8th as part of the Doc'n Roll Films festival...
06/11/2024

A film about the legendary Swamp Dogg is at the ICA tomorrow night November 8th as part of the Doc'n Roll Films festival . It's not to be misssed!

Distributing & screening underground music & arts documentaries in Cinemas, TV & VOD globally!

28/11/2023
04/11/2023

Tonight at 11:00 Resonance 104.4fm will be repeating our Halloween special. The playlist includes Sun Ra, Segun Lee-French, RE;EAP- Zoo For Barbers on Lewis Recordings, Blue Magic and Ted Wizard Mills, Ben Bgbgb Gad-Briggs, Howling Wolf, Stevie Wonder and Albert Ayler (1936-1970) recording of the Wizard.

Tonight’s Is Black Music program on Resonance 104.4fm is a Black British Anti-folk music special. We will listen to the ...
17/10/2023

Tonight’s Is Black Music program on Resonance 104.4fm is a Black British Anti-folk music special. We will listen to the works of musicians who are currently exploring the boundaries of the folk genre. We will feature the new single by Re:EAP out on Lewis Recordings.

The playlist also includes Cosmo Pyke, Kay Elizabeth, MIcky Steevo & The Egyptians, L.A. Salami, Sugarcane, Alero Orela and Lady Nade.

Tonight on Resonance 104.4fm Is Black Music is jamming a Nigerian folk-rock music special. We will explore the works of ...
10/10/2023

Tonight on Resonance 104.4fm Is Black Music is jamming a Nigerian folk-rock music special. We will explore the works of musicians in Nigeria that crossed the invisible boundary that separates African and European music by performing folk inspired rock music in the 1970's..

The playlist includes Ofege, Question Mark, Warhead Constriction and Wrinkar Experience

Tonight on Is BLACK MUSIC  on Resonance 104.4fm we will feature the London International Panafrican Film Festival which ...
03/10/2023

Tonight on Is BLACK MUSIC on Resonance 104.4fm we will feature the London International Panafrican Film Festival which opened tonight at the West Norwich Picture house and continues to October 8th.
https://www.londonpaff.com/

Is Black Music is the world's first and longest running alternative Black music radio show, hosted by Art Terry on Reson...
01/07/2023

Is Black Music is the world's first and longest running alternative Black music radio show, hosted by Art Terry on Resonance 104.4fm.

Tonight at 11:00 the radio show will explore the use of the melodica in Black music. The playlist includes Bobby Kalphat, Esperanza Spalding, Addis Pablo and Jack DeJohnette.

Is Black Music is the world's first and longest running alternative Black music radio show, hosted by Art Terry on Reson...
06/06/2023

Is Black Music is the world's first and longest running alternative Black music radio show, hosted by Art Terry on Resonance 104.4fm.

This week's radio show will feature arthouse funk music and musicians appearing June 10th at the Bankside Open Spaces Trust Festival. The playlist includes SISTER COOKIE ESE & The Vooduu People The Brides of Funkenstein and Trulio Disgracias.

Is Black Music is the world's first and longest running alternative Black music radio show, hosted by Art Terry on Reson...
30/05/2023

Is Black Music is the world's first and longest running alternative Black music radio show, hosted by Art Terry on Resonance 104.4fm.

The show, at midnight tonight, was inspired by Apples and Snakes and features spoken word artists. The playlist includes Arianna Burrell, Roger Robinson, Yomi Sode, Lerato Lee Mokobe and Coby Sey.

Check out the Apples and Snakes takeover at the Roundhouse Saturday June 3.

Tonite's Is Black Music show on Resonance 104.4fm is titled Is Black Music Beach Music. It features songs about the beac...
16/05/2023

Tonite's Is Black Music show on Resonance 104.4fm is titled Is Black Music Beach Music. It features songs about the beach, baby.

The playlist includes Oceanator, The Bad Brains, Stevie Wonder, the OJays, Fishbone, Will Glover and Cosmo Pyke.

Tune in at midnight...

Is Black Music is the world's first and longest running alternative Black music radio show, hosted by Art Terry.Tonight ...
09/05/2023

Is Black Music is the world's first and longest running alternative Black music radio show, hosted by Art Terry.

Tonight at midnight on Resonance 104.4fm the show is titled Is Black Music Rebeca Omodia Part 2. During the program we will air the final instalment of a two part interview with Rebeca discussing The African Concert Series and its upcoming day-view at Wigmore Hall this Saturday 13th.

Tonight at midnight the Is Black Music program on Resonance 104.4fm celebrates the life of  . The Jamaican American's na...
02/05/2023

Tonight at midnight the Is Black Music program on Resonance 104.4fm celebrates the life of . The Jamaican American's name is a household word in the Black diaspora and beyond.

He used his celebrity and fame to create human rights movements. He worked arm and arm with Martin Luther King, Jr. Mandela and many others. Even though he paid the price and lost show biznezz opportunities because of this.
The show will focus on his activism and his folk music.

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