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with Benajmin Zephaniah

Benjamin Zephaniah talks to Tom about his new book Windrush Child, a children's novel that shows us what it was like to be a child of the Windrush generation. And to celebrate Black History Month he also brings a selection of tunes by black artists that have inspired him over the years.

3 hours

Last on

Sat 31 Oct 2020 21:00

Music Played

  • Burning Spear

    Marcus Garvey

    • Mango.
  • Stormzy

    Superheroes

    • Heavy Is The Head.
    • Hashtag Merky/Atlantic.
    • 14.
  • The Staple Singers

    I'll Take You There

    • Afrodisiac (Various Artists).
    • Universal Music Tv.
  • Louis Armstrong and His Savoy Ballroom Five

    St. James Infirmary

    • Jolly Roger.
  • LOOK MUM NO COMPUTER

    Waiting For The World (ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Music Introducing Live 2020)

  • D-Saro

    Touch And Swipe

  • °δΎ±Γ«±τ΄Η

    Ride or Die

  • Soweto Gospel Choir

    Nkosi Sikelel'i Afrika

    • Blessed.
    • Shanachie.
  • Benjamin Zephaniah

    I Am A Revolutionary

    • Revolutionary Minds.
    • Fane Phonics.
  • Millie

    My Boy Lollipop

    • Young Gifted & Black (Various).
    • Trojan.
  • Marvin Gaye

    What's Going On

    • Tamla Motown.
  • Bob & Marcia

    Young, Gifted & Black

    • Young Gifted & Black (Various).
    • Trojan.
  • Peter Tosh & Mick Jagger

    (You Gotta Walk And) Don't Look Back

    • PARLOPHONE.
  • Judy Mowatt

    Black Woman

    • Black Woman.
    • Island.
  • Labi Siffre

    (Something Inside) So Strong

  • Bob Marley & The Wailers

    So Much Trouble In The World

    • Tuff Gong.
  • Lord Beginner

    General Election

    • Honest John Records.
  • The Golden Gate Quartet

    Jezebel

    • Okeh.
  • Nina Simone

    I Wish I Knew (How It Would Feel To Be Free)

    • The Best Of.
    • Philips.
  • Hussein Boon

    Not From Round Here

  • Greentea Peng

    Ghost Town

    • Different Recordings/TENNN.
  • JFlames

    F E D S (Freedom Equals Dangerous Sittuations)

    • Hikikomori.
  • Asian Dub Foundation

    Stealing The Future

    • Access Denied.
    • X-Ray Production.
  • Five Blind Boys Of Mississippi

    I'm A Rolling

    • Vee Jay Records.
  • Sister Rosetta Tharpe

    Up Above My Head I Hear Music In the Air

    • Decca.
  • Bo Diddley

    Hey! Bo Diddley

    • Hey! Bo Diddley.
    • Charly.
    • 9.
  • Ella Fitzgerald & Duke Ellington and His Orchestra

    Drop Me Off In Harlem

    • Verve Records.
  • Bill Withers

    Grandma's Hands

    • Sampled (Various Artists).
    • Virgin.
  • Elizabeth Cotten

    Freight Train

    • Smithsonian Folkways.
  • Tony Allen & Hugh Masekela

    Never (Lagos Never Gonna Be The Same)

    • World Circuit Recordings.
  • Oumou SangarΓ©

    Kounkoun

    Remix Artist: Pedro.
    • Mogoya.
    • No Format.
  • Little Richard

    Lucille

    • Specialty.
  • Queen Latifah

    Cell Block Tango (feat. Lil’ Kim & Macy Gray)

    • Epic.
  • Saul Williams

    List Of Demands (Reparations)

    • Saul Williams.
    • V2.
  • Gil Scott‐Heron

    The Revolution Will Not Be Televised

    • BLUEBIRD.
  • Sister Souljah

    The Hate That Hate Produced

    • Epic.
  • Charlie Parker

    Confirmation

    • Prestige.
  • Bessie Smith

    Nobody Knows You When You're Down and Out

    • Rev-Ola.
  • Soul II Soul

    Get a Life

    • Polygram TV.
  • Keedz

    Freezer

  • Pa Salieu

    Frontline

  • Mr Ekow

    I Am Hip Hop

  • 2Pac

    I Ain't Mad At'Cha

    • Death Row.

Broadcast

  • Sat 31 Oct 2020 21:00