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The BLiM Mentorship Programme is back!

With our second round of mentoring opportunities, we are welcoming applications from students and mentors for 2024. The scheme will start in January 2024 and applications are now open to final-year

Calling all PPL members:

Black Lives in Music stand behind Jackie Davidson MBE as a candidate for the PPL Board. We kindly request your support so that she can

Photo showing Joy Addo, host of our podcast series, Unseen Unheard

Unseen Unheard: Now Available as an Audio Podcast

Our video podcast, Unseen Unheard, is now available to listen to as an audio podcast on Amazon Music, Google Podcasts, Apple Podcasts and Spotify. Following the release of our joint
Photo of a panel sitting down in conversation. Pictured from left to right: Dr. Charisse Beaumont, Eric Wong, Ebonie Smith, Nile Rodgers and Ọpẹ́yẹmí Irédùmarè.

Dr. Charisse Beaumont hosts panel in New York

Driving Access and Equity in the Music Industry Last month, we attended the Warner Music Group/Blavatnik Family Foundation Social Justice Fund (WMG/BFF SJF) Grantee Convening in New York – an
Photo of Roger Wilson at the ceremony where he received an Honorary Fellowship from the Guildhall School of Music & Drama.

Roger Wilson granted an Honorary Fellowship at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama

Please join us in congratulating, Roger Wilson, musician, lecturer and our very own Co-Founder and Director of Operations, for being awarded an Honorary Fellowship at the Guildhall School of Music
Panel discussion with folk artists Angeline Morrison (left), Lady Nade (right) and our Co-Founder and Director of Operations, Roger Wilson (middle).

BLiM host showcase event at the English Folk Expo 2023

Here, we look back on our time at the English Folk Expo (EFEx), the annual music showcase event run by Sound Roots, a charity which supports the grassroots music sector,
Photo showing the facade of the Royal College of Music building.

BLiM announce new partnership with the Royal College of Music

We are pleased to welcome the Royal College of Music (RCM), who have joined us as our newest members. Globally renowned conservatoire, the RCM trains gifted musicians for international careers

New Report Exposes Inequities in the UK Music Industry

In a groundbreaking report, the Musicians’ Union (MU) and Black Lives in Music have lifted the curtain on the harsh realities faced by musicians from the Global Majority in the

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