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Listen to This 4-Part Podcast About Liverpool’s Black Music History

Beneath the Merseybeat is a 4-part podcast series, featuring archive interviews and music, delving into Liverpool’s black music history.

The series explores how Black American music found its way to Liverpool post-war, the first impact of these sounds on Liverpool and its music scene, and how they were assimilated and appropriated.

The team then further explore these themes, charting what was happening in Liverpool through the 1960s and 70s. These Black artists are so crucial to what makes Liverpool a world-famous music city, and a major part of its musical history and heritage.

You can listen to the podcast at https://www.mixcloud.com/BeneathTheMerseyBeat/

There’s also an accompanying Spotify playlist to enjoy alongside the podcast.

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Founder and Editor, Clare Deane, shares her passion for all the amazing things happening in Liverpool. With a love of the local Liverpool music scene, dining out a couple of times a week and immersing herself in to all things arts and culture she's in a pretty good place to create some Liverpool Noise.

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