A celebration of English folk’s diverse history, through the life of celebrity Black Regency busker Billy Waters.
A one-off concert to mark the anniversary of Billy Waters’ death, with narration and live music from Cohen Braithwaite-Kilcoyne, Clarke Camilleri, Hamilton Gross, and Angeline Morrison, with Maz O’Connor, Tony Montague and Martin Simpson. There’ll be a mix of solo and band performances with music from the artists’ own repertoires – old and new – as well as trad.
The show is arranged and narrated by Mary L. Shannon, writer and author of Billy Waters Is Dancing, and co-narrated by Suchitra Chatterjee, of Brighton & Hove Black History. It draws together researchers and creatives who have worked together on various projects to highlight the life of this Black disabled Regency celebrity.
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