New book Escaping Babylon explores history of Black British music \u00b7 News \u27cb RA<\/title><meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index,follow\"\/><meta name=\"description\" content=\"The book, authored by RA contributor Jesse Bernard, is available to pre-order now.\"\/><link rel=\"alternate\" hreflang=\"en\" href=\"https:\/\/ra.co\/news\/84248\"\/><meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"New book Escaping Babylon explores history of Black British music \u00b7 News \u27cb RA\"\/><meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The book, authored by RA contributor Jesse Bernard, is available to pre-order now.\"\/><meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/ra.co\/news\/84248\"\/><meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"website\"\/><meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.ra.co\/images\/news\/2025\/escapingbabylon.png\"\/><link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/ra.co\/news\/84248\"\/><meta name=\"next-head-count\" content=\"31\"\/><link rel=\"apple-touch-icon\" sizes=\"180x180\" href=\"https:\/\/ra.co\/static\/apple-touch-icon.png\"\/><link rel=\"icon\" type=\"image\/svg+xml\" href=\"https:\/\/ra.co\/static\/favicon.svg\"\/><link rel=\"icon\" type=\"image\/png\" sizes=\"32x32\" href=\"https:\/\/ra.co\/static\/favicon-32x32.png\"\/><link rel=\"icon\" type=\"image\/png\" sizes=\"16x16\" href=\"https:\/\/ra.co\/static\/favicon-16x16.png\"\/><link rel=\"mask-icon\" href=\"https:\/\/ra.co\/static\/safari-pinned-tab.svg\" color=\"#ff4848\"\/><link rel=\"manifest\" href=\"https:\/\/ra.co\/static\/site.webmanifest\"\/><meta name=\"apple-mobile-web-app-title\" content=\"Resident Advisor\"\/><meta name=\"application-name\" content=\"Resident Advisor\"\/><meta name=\"msapplication-TileColor\" content=\"#ff4848\"\/><meta name=\"theme-color\" content=\"#000000\"\/><link rel=\"preconnect\" href=\"https:\/\/securepubads.g.doubleclick.net\"\/><link rel=\"dns-prefetch\" href=\"https:\/\/securepubads.g.doubleclick.net\"\/><link rel=\"preconnect\" href=\"https:\/\/z.moatads.com\"\/><link rel=\"dns-prefetch\" href=\"https:\/\/z.moatads.com\"\/><link rel=\"preconnect\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\"\/><link rel=\"dns-prefetch\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\"\/><link rel=\"preconnect\" href=\"https:\/\/adservice.google.com\"\/><link rel=\"dns-prefetch\" href=\"https:\/\/adservice.google.com\"\/><link rel=\"preconnect\" href=\"https:\/\/adservice.google.co.uk\"\/><link rel=\"dns-prefetch\" href=\"https:\/\/adservice.google.co.uk\"\/><link rel=\"preconnect\" href=\"https:\/\/www.googletagservices.com\"\/><link rel=\"dns-prefetch\" href=\"https:\/\/www.googletagservices.com\"\/><link rel=\"preconnect\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google-analytics.com\"\/><link rel=\"dns-prefetch\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google-analytics.com\"\/><link rel=\"preconnect\" href=\"https:\/\/tpc.googlesyndication.com\"\/><link rel=\"dns-prefetch\" href=\"https:\/\/tpc.googlesyndication.com\"\/><link rel=\"preconnect\" href=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\"\/><link rel=\"dns-prefetch\" href=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\"\/><link rel=\"preconnect\" href=\"https:\/\/www.googletagmanager.com\"\/><link rel=\"dns-prefetch\" href=\"https:\/\/www.googletagmanager.com\"\/><link rel=\"preload\" href=\"https:\/\/ra.co\/_next\/static\/css\/5a7d4562ee8d1943.css\" as=\"style\"\/><link rel=\"stylesheet\" href=\"https:\/\/ra.co\/_next\/static\/css\/5a7d4562ee8d1943.css\" data-n-g=\"\"\/><noscript data-n-css=\"\"\/><\/head><body id=\"wp_automatic_ReadabilityBody\"><\/p>\n<div id=\"__next\">\n<div class=\"DefaultLayout__Container-sc-1k0r57y-0 kXCqqi layoutContainer\" data-testid=\"layoutContainer\">\n<header\/>\n<section data-tracking-id=\"news-detail-bar\" class=\"Section__StyledSection-sc-1smdbhi-0 iMoCha\"\/>\n<section data-tracking-id=\"news-article\" class=\"Section__StyledSection-sc-1smdbhi-0 elYREK\">\n<div class=\"Layout-sc-1rwgres-0 ddXYFK\">\n<ul class=\"Grid__GridStyled-sc-si5izk-0 jDLXQE grid\">\n<li class=\"Column-sc-4kt5ql-0 iugREN\"\/>\n<li class=\"Column-sc-4kt5ql-0 bGnrTR\"><span color=\"primary\" font-weight=\"normal\" class=\"Text-sc-wks9sf-0 CmsContent__StyledText-sc-1s0tuo4-0 hwsocH jjFEXj\">The book, authored by RA contributor Jesse Bernard, is available to pre-order now.<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"Column-sc-4kt5ql-0 iEOQQR\"><\/li>\n<li class=\"Column-sc-4kt5ql-0 dDKClb\">\n<div class=\"Box-sc-abq4qd-0 Alignment-sc-1405w7f-0 dtgzXA lafiII\"><span color=\"primary\" font-weight=\"normal\" class=\"Text-sc-wks9sf-0 CmsContent__StyledText-sc-1s0tuo4-0 kTXsIg jjFEXj\">A new book on Black British music will be published next year.<\/p>\n<p>Available to pre-order now, <i>Escaping Babylon: An Intimate History of Black British Music<\/i> explores how Black music transformed British culture and society, focusing on scenes and genres such as hip-hop, jungle, grime and trap. It’s been authored by <i>RA<\/i> contributor Jesse Bernard.<\/p>\n<p>“From an early age\u2014at the house parties my parents used to have, to travelling across the M62 to raves in Manchester, Hull and Leeds\u2014Black British music has shaped my understanding of the world,” Bernard shared on <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DR4YmdcjQar\/\" data-tracking-id=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DR4YmdcjQar\/\" target=\"https:\/\/ra.co\/\" class=\"Link__AnchorWrapper-sc-1huefnz-1 iVHMrM\"><span href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DR4YmdcjQar\/\" data-tracking-id=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DR4YmdcjQar\/\" target=\"https:\/\/ra.co\/\" color=\"primary\" font-weight=\"normal\" class=\"Text-sc-wks9sf-0 Link__StyledLink-sc-1huefnz-0 cDeDWI kdgimZ\">Instagram<\/span><\/a>. “Through <i>Escaping Babylon<\/i>, I celebrate the stories of unsung people from local communities as well as the global stars whose names we adore.”<\/p>\n<p>Read the post in full.<\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"Column-sc-4kt5ql-0 iAZnAz\"\/>\n<li class=\"Column-sc-4kt5ql-0 kqMgJp\"\/><\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/body><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source ra.co \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>New book Escaping Babylon explores history of Black British music \u00b7 News \u27cb RA The book, authored by RA contributor Jesse Bernard, is available to pre-order now. 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