{"title":"Vivien Goldman","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eVivien Goldman is a writer, broadcaster and musician who has devoted much of her work to Afro-Caribbean and Global music.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWith a passion for exploring diverse musical cultures, Vivien Goldman has become an influential figure in the world of music. As a writer, she has delved deep into the history and significance of Afro-Caribbean and Global music, sharing her knowledge through insightful articles and books. As a broadcaster, she has brought these vibrant sounds to audiences around the globe, introducing them to new rhythms and melodies. And as a musician herself, Vivien Goldman's unique blend of genres creates captivating tunes that transcend borders. Her dedication to celebrating diversity in music makes her an invaluable asset to the industry.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWhether you're seeking an expert perspective on Afro-Caribbean or Global music or simply looking for some soul-stirring melodies, Vivien Goldman's work will not disappoint. Dive into her writings, tune in to her broadcasts or listen to her own compositions - you'll be transported on a sonic journey like no other.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"the-black-chord","title":"The Black Chord","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis volume is a graphically improved re-edition and re-invention of a book that first appeared in 1999. The classic Corio portraits have been swapped in a few places, but the line-up of brilliance they represent is unchanged, as is the text itself, apart from a little polish here and there. All quotes are taken from either the lifetime of original interviews I have conducted as a music journalist, first published in the mid-1970s British rock press, or from the many months of interviews I conducted specifically for The Black Chord, unless otherwise noted. My choice of additional subjects was dictated by David’s magnificent portrait gallery. I wanted to, if not directly quote, at least contextualize every artist. In the intervening decades, many have left us. Some shine even more brightly. Regarding others whose luster has been tarnished by scandal, it may be a poignant surprise to recall how they were viewed before the sad, sordid truth came out.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLike my dear friend and colleague David Corio―who had shot some of my own finest portraits―I came up in the London media and arts scene of the 1970s and ’80s; in the early ’90s, we both moved to New York. We shared the same typical Londoner’s sort of eclectic pan-Black aesthetic: A love of soul, jazz, hip hop, R’n’B, music from Africa, particularly Francophone West Africa, and we had a special passion for reggae and dub. We shared a cultural formation, one that is reflected in this eclectic collection.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen he told me in the closing years of the last century that he was planning a book of his portraits and asked if I might be interested in writing it, I sat with the archive and marveled. Through his serious commitment to and passion for music, he had kept on shooting since 1976, usually for a publication or label, but often for love, until his archive spelled out much of the arc of Black popular music from the latter half of the 20th century. I found it epic. Over a North London lunch with Trinidadian writer and broadcaster Isaac Fergusson, we discussed the way music has flowed in cycles of creativity; how the Africa from which so many individuals had been stolen remained the foundation for virtually everything we loved to listen to. That idea, that truth, resonated and took form in an alluring vibration. We decided to call it The Black Chord, as no matter how different were the sounds, together they formed one mighty harmony. ―Vivien Goldman\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePhotographs by David Corio, text by Vivien Goldman, foreword by Isaac Hayes.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Turnaround","offers":[{"title":"Hardback","offer_id":50426993049931,"sku":"2219636","price":53.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/files\/31yqOZlUa1L._SX342_SY445__959b8de2_thumbnail_4096.jpg?v=1726820192"},{"product_id":"rebel-musix-scribe-on-a-vibe-frontline-adventures-linking-punk-reggae-afrobeat-and-jazz","title":"Rebel Musix, Scribe on a Vibe Frontline Adventures Linking Punk, Reggae, Afrobeat and Jazz","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe best writing from Vivien Goldman, the trailblazing, radical, feminist music writer.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRebel Musix, Scribe on a Vibe collects the extraordinary output of Vivien Goldman from 1975 onwards; spanning a time when punk burnt its scalding flame to scorch our musical earth and clear it for new genres, like post-punk and hip-hop. One of only a handful of women writing in the Golden Age of music journalism, Vivien was the first, most elegant and passionate chronicler of reggae, funk, free jazz and Afrobeat; a pioneer when music was a wild frontier business, lawless and exhilarating, with new epiphanies emerging as the counterculture mutated.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe sheer breadth of pieces here is overwhelming, from early encounters with Brian Eno, Robert Wyatt and Can; to rebels like Britain's first she-punks, The Raincoats and The Slits; covering British groups like the Sex Pistols, The Clash and Aswad; America's Public Enemy, Curtis Mayfield and George Clinton; and Jamaica's Lee 'Scratch' Perry and Dennis Brown. They rub up against contemporary profiles of New York's downtown royalty (Patti Smith, Talking Heads, Richard Hell), alongside legendary interviews with Vivien's friends\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFela Kuti, Ornette Coleman and Bob Marley, who reigns over this collection like a benign and timeless deity. Vivien single-handedly changed the course of music writing and this collection reshapes some of her major pieces into a new narrative of the principal radical artists of the late twentieth century, in the process reaffirming that her reputation as 'The Punk Professor' will live on.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"White Rabbit","offers":[{"title":"Hardback","offer_id":50445837173067,"sku":"2227023","price":20.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/files\/Rebel_Musix_High_Res_7c7c0944_thumbnail_4096.jpg?v=1727047234"},{"product_id":"next-is-now","title":"Next is Now","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe eagerly awaited \u003ci\u003eNext Is Now\u003c\/i\u003e, from ‘Punk Professor’ Vivien Goldman, was recorded and produced by Youth and features ten brand new tracks, including lead single ‘Saturday Afternoon’. Musician, writer, educator and broadcaster, her celebrated post-punk output of the early 1980’s saw Goldman acclaimed for the social comment on tracks such as ‘Private Armies’. Goldman’s post-punk classic ‘Launderette’ recently featured in HBO’s The Deuce and she has been sampled by the likes of rappers Madlib and The Roots, among others. \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Youth Sounds","offers":[{"title":"Clear | LP","offer_id":50453643428171,"sku":"1142325","price":23.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"CD","offer_id":50453643133259,"sku":"1142324","price":11.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/files\/b2589263-ed83-402f-bc09-bf4e5b27d194_thumbnail_4096.jpg?v=1727174919"},{"product_id":"resolutionary-songs-1979-1982","title":"Resolutionary (Songs 1979 - 1982)","description":"\u003cp\u003eThere's a myth about music critics according to which they are frustrated wannabe performers. Evidence to the contrary: Vivien Goldman. The London-born, New York-based Goldman is one of the foremost chroniclers of the perfect storm of reggae, punk, hip hop, and Afrobeat, but between 1979 and 1982, she was also a working musician, creating songs that, years later, would be sampled by The Roots and Madlib. These rare girl grooves are now collected for the first time on 'Resolutionary', covering Goldman's first three musical formations; first as a member of experimental British new wavers The Flying Lizards, next as a solo artist with her single 'Launderette' featuring post-punk luminaries, and then as half of the Parisian duo Chantage with Afro-Parisian chanteuse Eve Blouin. Goldman's eclectic musical crew included PiL's John Lydon, Keith Levene, and Bruce Smith; avant-gardists Steve Beresford and David Toop; The Raincoats' Vicky Aspinall; the mighty Robert Wyatt; Zaire's Jerry Malekani; Manu Dibango's guitarist; Viv Albertine, then of Goldman's good friends The Slits; and dubmaster Adrian Sherwood, who produced the majority of these tracks. Goldman sang in a lilting, clear-toned soprano honed during childhood. She began her singing career in the late '70s, doing backup with Neneh Cherry and Ari Up (The Slits) on Sherwood records by reggae artists including Prince Far I. Goldman was grooving to the innovations of dub. The contrast between Goldman's high, lilting tones and the deep rumble of the bass is a hallmark of all her work, giving a haunting frisson of sex and alienation to songs like The Flying Lizards' 'The Window.' Reggae had been her London soundtrack, but after moving to Paris in the early '80s, she absorbed music from Africa, an interplay audible in exultant Chantage tracks like 'It's Only Money,' a mix of steelpan, African soukous guitar, and sobbing Romani violin riding ferocious funk. As the 1990s began, Goldman moved to Manhattan and became New York University's 'Punk Professor,' teaching original courses on punk, Bob Marley, David Bowie, and Fela Kuti. But she never stopped singing and writing songs. Chicks on Speed released a later cut, '7 Days,' on their 2006 Girl Monster compilation. Her house 12\" records with artists including Berlin's Moritz von Oswald are compiled on LPs. Goldman has also co-written tracks with Massive Attack, Coldcut, Ryuichi Sakamoto, and Luscious Jackson. Early in 2016, she performed dub readings onstage with Boston's Berklee Marley Ensemble. 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