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Bow Grime music

Grime photographer Simon Wheatley with Mustafa Has, outside Cafe East on Roman Road in Bow, East London
Photo by Serena Brown

How being an outsider helped Simon Wheatley document grime from the inside

January 23, 2021January 13, 2022 Tom McGhie 750 Views 6 min read

Simon Wheatley is an acclaimed photographer who spent twelve years documenting grime culture. His book Don’t Call Me Urban! spans the years between 1998-2010 and a selection of the photos were displayed recently in Cafe East.

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Key grime figures and their roots with Roman Road

December 13, 2020January 25, 2022 Tom McGhie 847 Views 6 min read

Grime music, the genre which took the British charts by storm in the early noughties, is deeply connected to Roman Road and the surrounding area.

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Dizzee Rascal's new album cover. E3 AF on yellow background.

Album Review: E3 AF by Dizzee Rascal

November 13, 2020January 13, 2022 Citizen Journalist 2200 Views 2 min read

Dizzee Rascal’s E3 AF (homage to his roots) is the follow up to Raskit, the hard hitting, banger filled album where Dizzee shows those who thought otherwise that he can still bar with the elite.

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Lady Shocker portrait posing smiling grime artist Bow

Lady Shocker on the evolution of grime culture in Bow and beyond

March 6, 2020July 6, 2021 Frederick O'Brien 18060 Views 3 min read

‘Grime gets people away from a bad place. It gives them a living, something to focus on,’

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Bot bot podcast hosts in recording studio by Zamei Moore
(From left to right), Jack Gipson, Jay Bits and Antoine Lambert. Photo © by Zamei Moore.

‘Grime still gathers’: podcast hosts discuss the local music scene

February 21, 2020March 12, 2020 Siva Thangarajah 13419 Views 6 min read

‘The youth clubs were the element that brought everyone together as part of that MCing culture. So after they started shutting down, everyone sort of drifted,’ laments Gipson.

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young Wiley on the streets Eskiboy Wiley book review

‘Eskiboy’ book review – Wiley, Bow’s godfather of grime

January 11, 2020January 10, 2020 Siva Thangarajah 29279 Views 3 min read

The pages of Wiley’s autobiography, Eskiboy, crackles with an energy that is unique to the man dubbed ‘The godfather of

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Mercston at Cafe East Roman Road Bow East London

Mercston: debut album and the camaraderie of Bow’s grime scene

December 9, 2019January 13, 2022 Frederick O'Brien 5437 Views 5 min read

Mercston is preparing to drop a debut album 15 years in the making. He has been at the heart of

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Tanya Cracknell aka The Grime Violinist
Photograph by Vicky Chan

The Grime Violinist – a one of a kind artist reimagining a genre

October 4, 2019October 4, 2019 April Kosky 43254 Views 3 min read

Meet Tanya Cracknell, AKA The Grime Violinist, the classically-trained musician best known for her violin covers of grime tracks.  Cracknell

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Dizzee Rascal with Wiley against the background of the three towers in Bow
Young Dizzee Rascal, left, and Wiley, right, grime legends from Bow

Roman Road LDN teams up with Eastside youth centre to launch Mad About Grime programme

September 27, 2019October 1, 2019 Frederick O'Brien 35001 Views 1 min read

Roman Road LDN will be partnering up with Eastside Youth Centre to deliver the Mad About Grime programme, a six-week

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Margie Keefe aka the Grime Gran at her home in Bethnal Green

Portrait: Margie Keefe, aka Grime Gran, nan to the grime scene

June 17, 2019September 1, 2019 Frederick O'Brien 64897 Views 8 min read

Margie Keefe, 80, likes a bit of hustle and bustle, which is just as well given she’s the undisputed nan

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Book cover of 'Grime Kids' by DJ Target

‘Grime Kids’ book review – the inside story of a creative revolution

May 16, 2019May 16, 2019 Frederick O'Brien 55382 Views 3 min read

The rise of grime music is a story best told from the inside. That’s the ethos that underpins Grime Kids,

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Outside Rhythm Division record shop in Bow

Rhythm Division – the (140 bpm) heart of grime

April 13, 2019April 13, 2019 Frederick O'Brien 67876 Views 7 min read

Ask anyone in the grime scene about Rhythm Division and odds are you’ll get an outpouring of beloved memories. During

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