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Watch: Windrush Generation Trickle Down

Eddie Capone CC spoke to Allan Wilmot and Linton Kwesi Johnson (pictured) for a documentary about the Windrush Generation as part of PRS Presents Black History Month. Watch it in full below.

By Maya Radcliffe 4 Nov 2020
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Behind the Scenes: The Oram Awards 2020

Following the news of this year’s recipients, we asked The Oram Awards’ producer Karen Sutton to take us behind the scenes.

By Maya Radcliffe 2 Nov 2020
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In memorium: PRS members remembered

As Black History Month 2020 comes to an end, we pay tribute to some of the incredible PRS for Music members who have died in the last 12 months. 

By Sam Ilori 30 Oct 2020
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Playlist: Ben Wynter, PRS Foundation

As M's Black History Month curation draws to a close, we asked Guest Editor Ben Wynter to make us a playlist of Black songwriters and producers who have received the Hitmaker Fund from PRS Foundation.

By Ben Wynter 30 Oct 2020
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Interview: Mickey D

‘If you’re successful and Black in the music industry — most people know the artists, know the songs but they generally don’t know the people behind it all. Unless you’ve got people in your peer group that are in the industry, you’re not going to hear about people like me.’

By Vuyokazi Mtukela 29 Oct 2020
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Interview: Skin

‘Black people can do anything. We really can do everything, anything that we want, and it is about finding your way and finding the journeys. That is not always straightforward.’

By Michelle Escoffery 29 Oct 2020
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This is your tribe too: Black artists and electronic music

Despite it having been created by Black communities in the States, electronic music is now largely associated with and occupied by white people. Here, London artist Dirty Freud discusses how the decline of Black representation in the electronic music scene affected his confidence as an emerging artist.

By Dirty Freud 28 Oct 2020
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Diversity and Inclusion: About the Taskforce

Following Black Out Tuesday, PRS for Music turned to its Diversity and Inclusion Taskforce to help accelerate necessary change within the organisation. Taskforce member Kerri Newton discusses the steps made to date and why those steps are so crucial.

By Kerri Newton 28 Oct 2020
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Jackie Davidson: how the unsung get the hits sung

This week we’re shining a spotlight on the music industry’s unsung heroes. Here, Rosie Vacciana-Browne takes a look into the life and achievements of Jackie Davidson MBE.

By Rosie Vacciana-Browne 27 Oct 2020
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