The north-west London borough of Brent's rich and unique black music history is captured in a photographic exhibition that's accessible until late into the evening, 24/7.

The Brent Black Music History Photographic Exhibition was recently launched at Brent Museum's Community Gallery in Willesden Green Library Centre, north-west London by Harlesden Councillor Lincoln Beswick MBE, who’s been a Brent resident since 1962. The photos are taken from pan-London voluntary organisation BTWSC’s Heritage Lottery Funded Brent Black Music History Project, which created a free DVD and booklet documenting buildings and people with a connection with black music spanning 1966 to 2006 in Britain’s most ethnically diverse borough.

The Project contributors include Sonny Roberts, who set up the first black-owned recording studio and label, Planetone, in 1962, and Carl Parlmer, who along with two brothers set up Pama in 1967, which is the forerunner of Jet Star, Britain’s biggest reggae-specialist distributor. The contributors include Phil Fearon, former recording artist and owner of the Production House label, Daddy Ernie and Robbo Ranx, reggae presenters on Choice FM and BBC 1Xtra, respectively.

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