Ending my sixth day of this year’s Festival on an inarguable high note was the world premiere of Rudeboy: The Story of Trojan Records, Pulse Films and director Nicolas Jack Davies’ documentary about the groundbreaking British record label that brought Ska and Reggae...
Premiering at the 62nd BFI London Film Festival, Rudeboy: The Story of Trojan Records documents the emerging and ongoing love affair between Jamaican music and British youth culture. Produced by BMG and Pulse Films, the film follows the inception of one of the most...
Ska musicians have been rocking steady for half a century. The small Jamaican record label that started it all is celebrating their 50th anniversary with the documentary film Rudeboy: The Story Of Trojan Records and how Jamaican music paved the way for a modern...
Despite its influence on the emerging multi-cultural Britain of the late 1960s and early 1970s, Trojan has always played second fiddle to its more famous cousin, Island Records. Perhaps that’s inevitable, given Island’s enviable roster of stars – Bob Marley being its...
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