(2015) Millennium's Biggest Album Sellers - Blue-Eyed Soul And Black Music Back To The Rescue, Again
A BBM Newsletter: At last Saturday's UN Anti-Racism Day rally at Trafalgar Square, Jerry Dammers, composer of the anti-apartheid anthem 'Free Nelson Mandela', made an appeal to musicians, artists, writers, and by extension to the creative industries, to "take a positive stance against racism in their work". Although there are a few individuals and organisations that are concerned about diversity and racism, I believe the success of a few African artists, and black music generally, tends to give the impression that the music industry works on meritocracy, and that racism is hardly worth talking about...
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