BHM @ Music - Screening | Getting it Back: The Story of Cymande

11.10.2024 - Screening of Bringing it Back: The Story of Cymande
6:00 - 8:00 pm
Location: Avenue Campus, Building 65, Lecture Theatre B
Most people will think they don’t know Cymande. But anyone who has listened to the Fugees, De La Soul or the Wu-Tang Clan, or who has simply been on a dance floor, will recognise their irresistible, infectious funk music. In the racially turbulent UK of the early 70s, a group of black musicians assembled with a common love of rhythms and a message of peace. Cymande – with the dove as their symbol – combined jazz, funk, soul and Caribbean grooves to form a unique sound. Despite success in the United States, they faced indifference in their native Britain, becoming disillusioned and disbanding in 1975. But the music lived on, as new generations of artists imbibed and reworked their pioneering sounds in fresh ways. From Soul II Soul to MC Solaar and beyond, the Dove had spread Cymande's message far and wide, prompting their return after forty years. This is their story.
This event has been organised by Music EDI and is supported by the Centre for Music Education and Social Justice. Find out more here: https://www.southampton.ac.uk/research/groups/centre-for-music-education-social-justice

Registration recommended but not required.
Free food and drinks!

Host or Publisher University of Southampton Music EDI