Hear My Train A Comin’ - The Songs of Jimi Hendrix - Kevin Le Gendre
The Songs of Jimi Hendrix
Hear My Train A Comin’ - The Songs of Jimi Hendrix - Kevin Le Gendre
Kevin Le Gendre [+]
Journalist and Broadcaster
Kevin Le Gendre is a journalist and broadcaster with a special interest in black music, literature and culture. Since the 1990s he has written about soul, funk, jazz and hip-hop, as well as African and Caribbean authors, for many publications including Echoes, Jazzwise, The Independent On Sunday, Qwest TV (France) and Times Literary Supplement Online. He contributes to BBC Radio 4’s Front Row and also presents Radio 3’s J To Z. He is the author of Don’t Stop The Carnival: Black Music in Britain Vol.1 (Peepal Tree Press, 2018) and Soul Unsung: Reflections on the Band in Black Popular Music (Equinox Publishing, 2012).
Description
Examination of the artist’s output. Rather than look at one recording after another I identify and comment on crucial aspects of his material – song introductions; stylistic eclecticism; narrative structure and arrangements; use of guitar, voice and technology; lyrics – in order to explain why his music still exerts a fascination on new audiences.