Beneath The Merseybeat
A four-part podcast series, featuring archive interviews and music inspired by the Next Stop New York project launched in 2015.
Beneath the Merseybeat Podcast (2021-09/2021-09) by Culture LiverpoolCulture Liverpool
Episode 1: Arrival
In this first episode you will discover what types of Afro-American music was landing in Liverpool in the 1940s and 1950s. Listen to the full episode here.
Beneath the Merseybeat Podcast (2021-09/2021-09) by Culture LiverpoolCulture Liverpool
Episode 2: First Flowerings
Continuing from episode one, First Flowerings explores what types of Black music was arriving in Liverpool and how these new sounds were assimilated, appropriated and expressed by Liverpool's music community. Listen to the full episode here.
Beneath the Merseybeat Podcast (2021-09/2021-09) by Culture LiverpoolCulture Liverpool
Episode 3: Through the 60s
This episode describes what was happening in Liverpool's music scene in the 1960s. Listen to the full episode here.
Beneath the Merseybeat Podcast (2021-09/2021-09) by Culture LiverpoolCulture Liverpool
Episode 4: Through the 70's
In the final, concluding episode of this podcast series you can learn about the journey of Black music in Liverpool through the 1970s. Listen to the full episode here.
Beneath The Merseybeat forms part of On Record: Untold & Retold 2020, which was funded by Culture Liverpool, Liverpool City Council and curated by Yaw Owusu (The Playmaker Group / Liverpool International Music Festival). Produced by David McTague, Richard Pontefract and Robin Clewley of Mellowtone.
Special thanks to: Billy Harrison | Richie Barton | John Hibbert & the Cunard Yanks | Levi Tafari | Eddie Amoo | Norman Killen | Les Spaine | Steve Aldo & Eddie Bedford | Ramon Sugar Deen | Bryan Biggs | Mike Badger | Yaw Owusu | Bernie Connor | Stephen Nze | Peter Hooton | Roger Hill | Ozzie Yue | Albie Donnelly |
