Vivien Goldman
Vivien Goldman (born August 25, 1954 in London ) is a British singer and music journalist for punk and reggae .
Life
Vivien Goldman is the child of two Jewish refugees from National Socialist Germany. She studied literature at the University of Warwick (BA) and worked for several years as a PR assistant for the Island Records label . In Paris she was one of the founders of the group The Flying Lizards and in 1981 produced the EP Dirty Washing . She sang and wrote songs for Massive Attack , Coldcut and Ryuichi Sakamoto .
Goldman wrote articles for the music magazines New Musical Express , Sounds and Melody Maker on reggae, punk and post-punk . Her contributions were also printed in New Statesman . Goldman wrote the first biography about Bob Marley . Goldman produced several programs on the Channel 4 television show Big World Café in 1989, combining English-language music with world music .
Goldman teaches punk and reggae music at the Tisch School of the Arts at New York University (NYU) and also at the School of Communication and Information at Rutgers University .
Goldman lives in Manhattan .
Works (selection)
Fonts
- The Book of Exodus: The Making and Meaning of Bob Marley and the Wailers' Album of the Century , Three Rivers Press, New York 2006
- Janette Beckman; Vivien Goldman; Paolo Hewitt: Made in the UK: the music of attitude, 1977-1983 . PowerHouse Books, New York 2005
- The Black Chord: Visions of the Groove: Connections between Afro-Beats, Rhythm and Blues, Hip Hop, and More . Photos by David Corio, foreword by Isaac Hayes . Universe, New York 1999
- Pearl's Delicious Jamaican Dishes: Recipes from Pearl Bell's Repertoire . Island Trading, New York 1992
- Vivien Goldman, Louise Gray, Chris Heath: Rhythm King: the dance label . Fantail, 1990
- Kid Creole and the Coconuts: Indiscreet . Zomba Books, London 1983
- with Adrian Boot: Bob Marley, Soul Rebel - Natural Mystic . St Martin's Press, New York 1981
Sounds
- Bill Brewster, Quinton Scott: Disco, not disco: post punk, electro & Leftfield disco classics. 1974-1986 . Interpr .: u. a. Vivien Goldman. K7, Berlin 2008
- Dirty washing . Vivien Goldman; George Oban. 99 Records, New York City around 1981
- Laudrette . Window - WIN 1, 1981, discogs
Web links
- Literature by and about Vivien Goldman in the catalog of the German National Library
- Literature by and about Vivien Goldman in the WorldCat bibliographic database
- Vivien Goldman in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Vivien Goldman at the British Film Institute (BFI)
- Vivien Goldman , website
- Vivien Goldman: An interview with the Punk Professor. October 3, 2007, at Wikinews
- Vivien Goldman , at NYU
- Vivien Goldman with The Slits on youtube
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Vivian Goldman: Never Mind the Swastikas , Der Freitag , March 13, 2014, p. 15
- ↑ a b Vivien Goldman , at rocksbackpages
- ↑ Marley Teachings At NYU ( Memento of the original from April 8, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (2012), from iamreggaedaily, accessed April 8, 2014
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Goldman, Vivien |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | British singer and music journalist for punk and reggae |
| DATE OF BIRTH | August 25, 1954 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | London |