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PAULINE BLACK – “THE QUEEN OF BRITISH SKA” TELLS IN HER NEW BOOK HOW SHE WRESTLED WITH RACE!

PAULINE BLACK – “THE QUEEN OF BRITISH SKA” TELLS IN HER NEW BOOK HOW SHE WRESTLED WITH RACE!

Pauline Black was raised by a white working-class family. She decided to get in touch with her biological family in her 40s. The British ska-revival band The Selecter formed in the late 1970s, playing what can be described as rock fused with calypso and American jazz. Much of what set the band apart was its charismatic lead singer, Pauline Black. As one of few women in a musical movement dominated by men, she was called “The Queen … Read entire article »

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