Welcome to our all new and improved website. All your favourite BritishBlackMusic.com and Black Music Congress content from the original BBM site will soon be back on-line here.

We have a new members registration system which should be quick and easy to use - sign up for free to submit content to the BBM site, enter our competitions and join in the BBM debate in our discussion boards.

Despite British Black Music Month (BMMM) being bigger in 2009, we had a relatively quiet year, and for good reason. BBM/BMC is in the middle of restructuring in order to best serve our constituents, and we'll be revealing some of our plans in the first quarter of 2010.

Thanks to those who supported BBMM, and the OCN Level 2 music industry overview course introduced by our sister organisation Akoben Awards (to be kept in the loop: akobenawards@gmail.com), and our BTWSC co-organised activities.

For some fun and hopefully a source of debate well into the new year, click to check out The 40 influential British Black Music DJs of the last 40 years! Or else if you want to reflect, you can check out a 1986 Billboard piece which covered an NME feature entitled 'Why British Black Music Does Not Stand A Chance', or check out which British artists I got pundits to tip across 6 different genres for a 2001 Billboard piece entitled 'Black Music In The U.K'.

We plan to post a review of 2009, but before that feature comes online, let's cast our minds two years back to Jan. 2008, when we had our last major forum at City University London. Click to read Rewinding 2 Years To Jan. 2008.

However, if you'd rather just have something to watch - here are some videos which represent British black music in 2009: 2009 UK Rap Up: Mystro's video wrap up, and 2009 Crossovers: The 1Xtra Video Selection.

All the best,

Kwaku
BBM editor
editor@britishblackmusic.com
020 8450 5987