WENDOVER: The British Legion

Saturday 19th October, 2024

7:00pm

Event information

Join us at the Legion for our special Real Magic Music party, and we have a packed bill of words, live music and DJs for this one. We’re honoured to welcome the ‘The Punk Professor’ Vivien Goldman to the village to discuss her new book Rebel Musix: Scribe on a Vibe.

A chronicler of the eruptive UK punk scene; a feminist spearhead in the Golden Era of music journalism; the first UK envoy of reggae and afrobeats, and the original UK publicist of Bob Marley are only some of the many hats worn by the trailblazing music writer and historian Vivien Goldman. A pioneering voice in an industry dominated by men, Goldman established herself as one of the most influential music writers of our time as she elegantly and passionately introduced the UK to reggae, free jazz, funk and afrobeat.

Alongside live music from Oldboy – fast, relentless and super raw – the band’s sound has been compared to that of the late 80’s and early 90’s Chicago / US noise scene as once released by Touch and Go, Amphetamine Reptile and Sub Pop but reimagined with a British post punk slant. Nasty, noisy pop music some say. For fans of Osees, Fugazi, Sonic Youth, Mayyors and QOTSA. The DIY ethic rings true with these boys – no manager, no agent, no lawyer, no label and definitely no rush.

Providing the perfect soundtrack to the evening’s proceedings will be dynamic DJ duo – Mistah Brown from the mighty Tighten Up family alongside infamous soundtape specialist – Jayman (Who Cork The Dance) – spinning dynamite 45s for your skanking/pogoing pleasure. We guarantee only brilliant selections from these longtime vinyl collaborators. They’ll be warming up for Vivien’s talk, then getting things hyped for our live headliners.