Boney M’s Liz Mitchell on a creation of a playlist

Stormzy, Craig David and Boney M are among music legends featured in a new Windrush Top 20 to celebrate this year’s 75^th anniversary of the Windrush first arriving in Britain.

They feature alongside acts ranging from UB40 and Beverley Knight to ‘king of calypso’ Lord Kitchener and 50s pianist Winifred Atwell, the first black woman with a UK number 1, on the newly released Windrush 75 Network playlist, available on Spotify.

The Top 20 playlist has been compiled by the Windrush 75 Network, which brings organisations together to celebrate the anniversary on 22 June.

Many organisations are planning Windrush 75 activities, with a major programme at Tilbury Docks, the Radiate Windrush festival in London’s Burgess Park, commemorative stamps and coins, a new one-man show from Lenny Henry and a special programme at the V&A.

Aston spoke to Boney M lead singer Liz Mitchell and Mykaell Riley, director of the black music research unit and PI for bass culture research at the University of Westminster.

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