Hear My Train A Comin’ - The Songs of Jimi Hendrix - Kevin Le Gendre
The Song and Jimi Hendrix
Hear My Train A Comin’ - The Songs of Jimi Hendrix - Kevin Le Gendre
Kevin Le Gendre [+]
Journalist and Broadcaster
Kevin Le Gendre is a journalist and broadcaster with a special interest in black music, literature and culture. Since the 1990s he has written about soul, funk, jazz and hip-hop, as well as African and Caribbean authors, for many publications including Echoes, Jazzwise, The Independent On Sunday, Qwest TV (France) and Times Literary Supplement Online. He contributes to BBC Radio 4’s Front Row and also presents Radio 3’s J To Z. He is the author of Don’t Stop The Carnival: Black Music in Britain Vol.1 (Peepal Tree Press, 2018) and Soul Unsung: Reflections on the Band in Black Popular Music (Equinox Publishing, 2012).
Description
Brief backstory of the artist and context of the rich musical culture into which he was born and that he would subsequently develop. Overview of Hendrix’s formative years with major R&B stars and his deep immersion in the world of both song and dance.