Lloyd Bradley

Lloyd Bradley
Lloyd Bradley
Born	21 January 1955(age 69); London,England
Occupation(s)	Journalist and author
Notable work	Sounds Like London: 100 Years of Black Music in the Capital(2013)
Website	www.lloydbradley.net

Lloyd Bradley(born 21 January 1955) is a British music journalist and author, whose books include 2013'sSounds Like London: 100 Years of Black Music in the Capital.

Biography

Born inLondon,England, to recent immigrants fromSt Kitts,^[1]Bradley discoveredJamaican musicduring his teenage years, while going out in the North London-basedsound systemsand created his own, named "Dark Star System", in the late 1970s.

He worked on several magazines in their early years, includingQandEmpireforEmap Metro,and launchedBig!for the same company. Together withMat Snow,he developedMaximforDennis Publishing,and worked on the launch ofEncoremagazine in 1994 forHaymarket.He then joinedGQas an editor, moving in 2003 to US companyRodaleas an editorial consultant onMen's HealthandRunner's Worldmagazines.

Bradley is currently a freelance journalist and consultant for many titles. He is also working on a biography ofGeorge Clinton,that sets P-Funk in its correct socio-political context. His journalistic contributions have been published inNME,Black Musicmagazine,The GuardianandMojo,among other publications.

Bradley'sBass Culture(2001) is a book onreggaemusic.^[2]He was associate producer of theBBC2seriesReggae: The Story of Jamaican Music.His 2013 book,Sounds Like London: 100 Years of Black Music in the Capital,received positive review coverage,^[3]^[4]^[5]described inThe Independentas an "exceptional work [that] can sit proudly beside the author's earlier Bass Culture: When Reggae Was King, the definitive account of the glory days of the Jamaican music industry."^[6]

Bradley is also a classically trained chef who divides his time between London andFlorida.^[7]

Bibliography

Rock Year Book Vol. 9,Virgin Books, 1988.ISBN 0-86369-278-8
Rock Yearbook,St Martin's Press, UK, 1989.ISBN 0-312-02134-8
WithGary Glitter,Leader: The Autobiography of Gary Glitter,London: Ebury Press, 1991,ISBN 978-0852239773
Soul on CD: The Essential Guide,1994, Kyle Cathie Ltd, UK,ISBN 1-85626-162-X
Reggae on CD: The Essential Guide,first edition, Trafalgar Square Publishing, UK, 1996,ISBN 1-85626-177-8
Rod Stewart: Every Picture Tells a Story,London Bridge, UK, 1999.ISBN 1-85410-657-0
Reggae: The Story of Jamaican Music,photographs byDennis Morris,BBC Books, UK, 2001.ISBN 0-563-48807-7
Bass Culture: When Reggae Was King,Penguin Books Ltd, UK, 2001.ISBN0-14-023763-1.Different editions:
- USA:This Is Reggae Music: The Story of Jamaica's Music,Grove Press, USA, 2001.ISBN 0-8021-3828-4
- France:Bass Culture: Quand le Reggae était roi,translationManuel Rabasse,2005, Editions Allia, France.ISBN 2-84485-174-6
- Germany:Bass Culture Der Siegeszug des Reggae,Hanibal.ISBN 3-85445-209-8
- Japan:Bass Culture,Shinko.ISBN 978-4-401-63145-2
- Italy:Bass Culture: La Musica dalla Giamaica: ska, rocksteady, roots reggae, dub & dancehall,Shake Edizioni.ISBN 978-88-88865-68-3
- Spain:Bass Culture: La historia del reggae,translation Tomás González Cobos. Acuarela & A. Machado, Spain.ISBN 978-84-7774-217-3
The Rough Guide To Running,Rough Guide, 2007.ISBN 978-1-84353-909-4
The Rough Guide to Men's Health,Rough Guide, 2009.ISBN 978-1-84836-004-4
Sounds Like London: 100 Years of Black Music in the Capital,London: Serpent's Tail, 2013.ISBN 978-1846687617
WithIan Wright,A Life in Football: My Autobiography,London: Constable, 2016,ISBN 978-1472123589
WithMarcia Barrett,Forward: My Life With and Without Boney M.,Constable, 2018,ISBN 978-1472124425

References

^"Lloyd Bradley plus laser-etched solid-brass Michael Jackson party invite".8 April 2021.Archivedfrom the original on 13 December 2021 – via youtube.
^"recordofweektemplate".reggaezine.co.uk.
^Ian Thomson,"Sounds Like London by Lloyd Bradley, review"( "a lively history of the enduring impact of black music on British life" ),The Telegraph,22 September 2013.
^Sukhdev Sandhu,"Sounds Like London by Lloyd Bradley – review"( "A welcome homage to London's black musicians covers the styles that other surveys miss" ),The Guardian,22 August 2013.
^Bim Adewunmi,"Sounds Like London by Lloyd Bradley: An intensive, lovingly written account of 100 years of black music in the capital",New Statesman,22 August 2013.
^Margaret Busby,"Book review: Sounds Like London: 100 Years Of Black Music In The Capital, By Lloyd Bradley"( "This survey of the capital's black music-makers is not just a fine anthology but also social history" ),The Independent,20 September 2013.
^Biography,Lloyd Bradley website.

External links

Official website
LLoyd Bradley ProfileatThe Guardian.
Lloyd Bradley pageat Rock's Back Pages.

[1] "Lloyd Bradley plus laser-etched solid-brass Michael Jackson party invite".8 April 2021.Archivedfrom the original on 13 December 2021 – via youtube.

[reggaezine-2] "recordofweektemplate".reggaezine.co.uk.

[3] Ian Thomson,"Sounds Like London by Lloyd Bradley, review"( "a lively history of the enduring impact of black music on British life" ),The Telegraph,22 September 2013.

[4] Sukhdev Sandhu,"Sounds Like London by Lloyd Bradley – review"( "A welcome homage to London's black musicians covers the styles that other surveys miss" ),The Guardian,22 August 2013.

[5] Bim Adewunmi,"Sounds Like London by Lloyd Bradley: An intensive, lovingly written account of 100 years of black music in the capital",New Statesman,22 August 2013.

[6] Margaret Busby,"Book review: Sounds Like London: 100 Years Of Black Music In The Capital, By Lloyd Bradley"( "This survey of the capital's black music-makers is not just a fine anthology but also social history" ),The Independent,20 September 2013.

[7] Biography,Lloyd Bradley website.

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