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Black Roots

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Years Active
1979 – 1990 (11 years)
Founded In
Bristol, England, United Kingdom
Black Roots began their musical journey in 1979. They are based in the St Paul’s area of Bristol England. Jabulani Ngozi, one of the guitarists in the band, recalls in an interview he gave in 2004 to a French record label called Makasound, that Black Roots was formed by a group of friends that had known each other from the 60’s. They had been playing in different bands doing cover versions but after a discussion during a game of dominoes they decided to form their own band on condition that they only played original material and so Black Roots started to take shape. Often seemingl… read more
Black Roots began their musical journey in 1979. They are based in the St Paul’s area of Bristol England. Jabulani Ngozi, one of the guitarists in the band, recalls in an interview he gave in 2004 to a French record label called Makasound, that Black Roots was formed by a group of friends t… read more
Black Roots began their musical journey in 1979. They are based in the St Paul’s area of Bristol England. Jabulani Ngozi, one of the guitarists in the band, recalls in an interview he gave in 2004 to a French record label called Makasound, that Black Roots was formed by a group of friends that had known each other from the 60’s. They had been playing in differe… read more

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Top Tracks

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1 Play track On the Frontline Move On
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 68 listeners
2 Play track On the Frontline Juvenile Delinquent
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 25 listeners
3 Play track In Session Confusion
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 23 listeners
4 Play track The Reggae Singles Anthology The System
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5 Play track On the Frontline Far Over
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6 Play track On the Frontline War
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7 Play track Up the Tempo - The Dub Collection Vol. 2 Armageddon Dub
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8 Play track On the Frontline Tribal War
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9 Play track On the Frontline What them a do
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10 Play track bristol_rock bristol_rock
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Albums

  1. 20,278 listeners

    4 Jul 2004 · 14 tracks

    On the Frontline
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  2. 14,675 listeners

    3 Sep 1985 · 10 tracks

    In Session
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  3. 6,309 listeners

    1 Aug 1983 · 12 tracks

    Black Roots
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  4. 2,595 listeners

    25 Aug 2012 · 17 tracks

    On The Ground
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