On Record: Untold & Retold

Celebrating Black music in Liverpool.

Liverpool International Music Festival (2021-09/2021-09) by Culture LiverpoolCulture Liverpool

What is On Record: Untold & Retold?

A specially curated festival exploring the Black music in Liverpool and the role it has played in the city and communities over the past 70 years.

Liverpool International Music Festival (2021-09/2021-09) by Culture LiverpoolCulture Liverpool

What did it involve?

A month-long festival which brought together a wealth of original commissioned content including streamed performances, exclusive in-conversation events, film screenings, podcasts, an exhibition and much more.

Champion One. Champion All. (2021-09/2021-09) by Culture LiverpoolCulture Liverpool

Who were Involved?

Game-changing yet often-unheralded Black figures and stories in Merseyside’s music and music culture’s past and present are profiled and showcased masterfully through various mediums led by leading locally-based Black creatives. Curated and commissioned  by Liverpool-based music and media creative producer Yaw Owusu.

Interested in seeing more? Watch the live performances of all the artists who took part in the launch of On Record: Untold & Retold here.

Join iconic masters of music The Real Thing and The Christians, along with MiC Lowry, Jennifer John, Hannah Lynch and many more as they perform live for the launch of On Record: Untold & Retold here.

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On Record: Untold & Retold 2020, was funded by Culture Liverpool, Liverpool City Council and curated by Yaw Owusu (The Playmaker Group / Liverpool International Music Festival).

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