It's a London Thing - (Music and Society) by Caspar Melville (Paperback)

This book is a comprehensive and engaging exploration of London's Black music culture, spanning from ska, reggae, and soul in the 1970s to jungle and grime in the 2000s.

The author provides a detailed social history of these genres, highlighting their racial and spatial politics, and their impact on London's multicultural society.

Through interviews with key figures in the industry, the book sheds light on the overlooked contributions of Black musicians to popular music, and how they have been ignored in historical and cultural theory.

The author argues that these genres demonstrate enough common features to be thought of as one musical culture, an Afro-diasporic continuum.

This book is a must-read for anyone interested in the history and evolution of Black music culture in London, and its significance in global popular music.