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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
Arts & artists Bow Grime music Local 

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

January 23, 2021January 26, 2021 Tom McGhie 90 Views 0 Comments Arts and Artists 5 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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Bow Grime music Cultural heritage Local 

Key grime figures and their roots with Roman Road

December 13, 2020December 14, 2020 Tom McGhie 230 Views 0 Comments roots of grime 4 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.
Arts & artists Bow Grime music Local Society 

Album Review: E3 AF by Dizzee Rascal

November 13, 2020November 13, 2020 Citizen Journalist 1812 Views 0 Comments News 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
Bow Grime music Cultural heritage Local Society 

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

March 6, 2020March 7, 2020 Frederick O'Brien 17658 Views 0 Comments Features 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.
Bow Grime music Cultural heritage Local 

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

February 21, 2020March 12, 2020 Siva Thangarajah 13072 Views 0 Comments Features 5 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
Bow Grime music Cultural heritage Local Society 

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

January 11, 2020January 10, 2020 Siva Thangarajah 28892 Views 0 Comments Features 2 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
Arts & artists Bow Grime music Local Society 

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

December 9, 2019December 11, 2019 Frederick O'Brien 5039 Views 0 Comments Features 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
Bow Grime music Cultural heritage Local Society 

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

October 4, 2019October 4, 2019 April Kosky 42881 Views 0 Comments Features 2 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
Bow Grime music Cultural heritage Local Society 

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

September 27, 2019October 1, 2019 Frederick O'Brien 34668 Views 0 Comments News 0 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
Bow Grime music Cultural heritage Local Society 

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

June 17, 2019September 1, 2019 Frederick O'Brien 64303 Views 0 Comments Features 7 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
Bow Grime music Cultural heritage Local Society 

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

May 16, 2019May 16, 2019 Frederick O'Brien 55014 Views 0 Comments Reviews 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
Bow Grime music Cultural heritage Local 

Rhythm Division – the (140 bpm) heart of grime

April 13, 2019April 13, 2019 Frederick O'Brien 67225 Views 2 Comments Features 6 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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