Home to some of the most iconic musical talent within our modern music era, Chicago has birthed many well known musical styles, rhythms and cultural defining moments, a long list of artists having started life there and gone onto to achieve great things! Having contributed heavily to the Blues scene, musician L.T. Beauchamp has enjoyed a varied career spanning over 50 years – his early years, being taught how to tap dance by legendary Afro-Cuban dancer Jimmy Payne and later on in life, going on to become a significant contributor to the Certain Blacks’ album by the Art Ensemble of Chicago amongst many other musical collaborations, and receiving recognition for his contributions, becoming a recipient of the 2016 Reykjavik Blues Society Honorary Membership Award. For one night only, as part of Certain Blacks’ Heroes Festival, Beauchamp returns years after his last visit to present a lively, warmly received set!
Courtesy of Sarah Hickson.
Currently, we’re breaking down exactly what intersectionality looks like and how this plays out in reality. Everyone with their very own unique set of experiences that continue to impact how they interact with the outside world. Delving into this further with solo performance Mix Race MixTape, Professor in Performing Arts at Stockholm University of the Arts John-Paul Zaccarini presents Mix Race, an exploration of the political and emotional minefield of intersectionality with poignancy. Ahead of its showing on 3rd February at Rich Mix as part of Certain Blacks Heroes Festival, John-Paul tells us more about creating the show, what it means to form part of Certain Blacks’ ninth festival and what audiences can expect!