The video above contains interviews with first and second generation Windrush migrants talking about the importance of music in their lives, on a personal, social and cultural level.  The interviewees discuss Saturday night parties, masquerade, carnival, musical culture in school, and who their influences were.

Below is a curated playlist of music from the production Sorrel & Black Cake, featuring Bob Marley, Delroy Wilson, The Heptones, Jimmy Cliff and Miss Lou, among others.

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