Hear My Train A Comin’ - The Songs of Jimi Hendrix - Kevin Le Gendre
The Songs from 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
Discussion of the artist’s legacy. Hendrix had a huge impact on musicians across many genres, from rock to soul to funk to jazz, and many of them went on to reflect his influence. I look at their work, speculate on what Hendrix may have done had he lived, and summarize his status as a timeless artist who was of and beyond the blues.