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The Re/counted project, led by Roger Moore the founder of GL360 and a proud Brummie, is keen to capture the development and growth of gospel music throughout the Midlands from the arrival of Windrush.

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Re/counted has produced over 60 hours of footage storytelling from established music community legends, their key experience and the influence they deposited into the UK gospel music community. #UKGospel #HistoryofUKGospel #Recounted

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Who did we speak to?

Millicent Stephenson
Foz Gray
Owen Uriah
Tony Bean
Carol Pemberton
Wayne Blake
Roger Moore
Layton Plummer
Rico Fogarty
Louis Williams
Millicent Stephenson, a multi-award-winning saxophonist, podcaster, and educator, shares a lifelong musical journey deeply connected to her Jamaican heritage and faith in Birmingham.
Foz Gray, born in Birmingham in nineteen sixty-four, details a musical journey rooted in his parents' Caribbean heritage and their musical talents: his mother, a church organist and piano teacher, and his father, a guitarist who aspired to be a singer.
Owen Uriah's journey began in the vibrant, multicultural "melting pot" of Aston, Birmingham, in the 1970s, where songs like "To Be Young, Gifted and Black" permeated the streets.
The seventh child of Jamaican immigrants, Tony's musical life began in the New Testament Church of God (New T), influenced by his mother, a rare female church musician.
Carol Pemberton, born in Birmingham to Caribbean parents, was raised in the Pilgrim Holiness Church—a cornerstone of her earliest musical memories.
Wayne Blake was born and raised in Wolverhampton to a mother from Saint Ann's, Jamaica, and a Jamaican father.
Roger Moore, born in the UK to Jamaican and Saint Kitts & Nevis parents, embarked on a multifaceted musical journey deeply rooted in his Wesleyan-Holiness church upbringing in Handsworth, Birmingham.
Layton Plummer, born in Birmingham in 1965, describes a musical journey deeply shaped by his early church involvement and a driving passion for gospel music.
Rico's life, born in England to Jamaican parents, was constantly interwoven with music and eventually defined by a powerful spiritual conversion.
Louis Williams, a respected drummer and educator, shares a lifelong musical journey rooted in his Pentecostal upbringing in Willenhall and Wolverhampton.

Celebrating the musical impact of the Windrush generation in the West Midlands.

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Celebrating the musical impact of the Windrush Generation in the West Midlands & Beyond