ARTS & CULTURE
No Bass Like Home: Brent’s Reggae Roots
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he reggae map, part of Brent’s London Borough of Culture, is an archive to capture iconic people and places which have shaped the borough’s rich reggae history. At the event, Lovers Rock legend Carroll Thompson discussed her connections to Brent, leaving her family home to move to Wembley and starting her music career in Rucklidge Avenue, Harlesden. She explained how she took the photo for the now iconic ‘Hopelessly in Love’ album cover at the back of Stonebridge estate, and regularly visited the Apollo Club in Harlesden to hear reggae music. DJ and Producer Shy One also spoke
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YOUR BRENT | SPRING 2020
The No Bass Like Home reggae map launched at a sold out event in February at the Jamaican High Commission writes Alex Augustin about her local family links to Kensal Green, Harlesden and Wembley and explained the influences reggae has had on more modern forms of music such as grime. Carroll Thompson ended the night by performing her hit song ‘Simply in Love’. The event was attended by His Excellency Seth George Ramocan, High Commissioner for Jamaica and hosted in collaboration with the Jamaican High Commission and JAMPRO Trade and Investment. Cllr Krupesh Hirani, Cabinet Member for Culture & Leisure said: “It makes me incredibly proud that music which has such strong roots in Brent, has spread so far and wide across so many different communities.