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Pauline Black
Ska / Reggae / Pop

PAULINE BLACK OF THE SELECTER



Coventry
United Kingdom

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Member Since7/19/2006
Band Websitewww.paulineblack.co.uk
Influencesnina simone, billie holiday, doreen shaffer, millie small, nora dean, rosa parks, zora neale hurston, angela davies, marsha hunt.
Sounds Likeno-one else(sui generis)
Record Labelvarious
Type of LabelIndie


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   Upcoming Shows ( view all )
Nov 12 2009 9:15P
Black Magic Woman Festival Amsterdam
Nov 21 2009 8:00P
Werk 2 Leipzig
Dec 4 2009 8:00P
Charlotte Leicester, Midlands
Dec 11 2009 10:00P
Hootenanny, Brixton London
Dec 12 2009 8:00P
T.J’s Newport
Dec 17 2009 8:00P
tba Dubai
Dec 18 2009 8:00P
tba Bahrain
Jan 30 2010 8:00P
Club 85 Hitchin, London and South East
Mar 4 2010 8:00P
Assembly Rooms Leamington Spa, Midlands
Mar 11 2010 12:00A
2 Tone Weekend Madrid
May 22 2010 8:00P
The Forum London
Aug 29 2010 9:00P
Limetree Festival Grewelthorpe, Northeast

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pauline black, neville staple & ranking roger in rubber duck online magazine  (view more)

australian radio broadcast April 2009 with pauline black  (view more)

South America, Dubai & Australia & a memoir  (view more)

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   About Pauline Black

Pauline Black with 'Dancing Mood' in Buenos Aires Oct 3rd 2009

Pauline has just returned from her second visit to South America this year, where she sang as a special guest of Hugo Lobo's 'Dancing Mood' in Buenos Aires with a full string orchestra and chorus @ a televised concert in front of 20,000 people @ 'Dancing Mood 100 Nicetos Festival'. She will return again soon to record an album with Hugo Lobo under the auspices of EMI Publishing Argentina. Pauline returned to the ska stage in 2009, because she wanted to celebrate the 30th anniversary of the 2-Tone movement. Feeling adventurous she kicked off her celebration in March 2009 with a South American tour of Argentina and Brazil, where she performed with Doreen Schaffer of The Skatalites as ‘The Queens of Reggae and Ska’, Brazilian ska band Firebug and Argentinian ska bands, Hugo Lobo's 'Dancing Mood' & 'The Rudeboy Band'.

In April 2009 she joined her long time friends Neville Staple (The Specials) and Ranking Roger (The Beat) as a special guest for the ‘Special Beat’ tour of Dubai and Australia. In June 2009 she performed with Finnish ska band 'Blastermaster' at two German festivals, headlining the 'Feuerwerks Festival' @ Mainz Kastel & 'This Is Ska' festival in Rosslau. Catch her performing with Neville Staple Band for the rest of 2009.

Pauline Black & The Special Beat @ The Forum, Sydney, Australia April 2009 ..

Pauline Black & The Special Beat @ The Forum, Sydney, Australia April 2009 ..

Pauline Black & The Special Beat @ The Forum, Sydney, Australia April 2009 ..

Pauline Black & The Special Beat @ The Forum, Sydney, Australia April 2009 ..

Pauline Black & The Special Beat @ The Forum, Sydney, Australia April 2009 ..

Pauline Black & The Special Beat @ The Forum, Sydney, Australia April 2009 ..

Pauline Black, Ranking Roger & Neville Staple being interviewed on a beach in Dubai

3 Minute Hero' with the 'Rudeboy Band' in Buenos Aries 2009 She is currently writing her much anticipated memoirs entitled ‘A Bird's Eye View'’ for publication in 2010 to coincide with the release of a new album @Pigment Of My Imagination' on Vocaphone records. Pauline Black was the lead singer with legendary 2-TONE group The Selecter and enjoyed a string of hits in the early '80'S, top 5 single 'ON MY RADIO' selling more than 250,000 copies and gaining two gold discs, to mark 100,000 sales of the albums 'TOO MUCH PRESSURE’ and ‘DANCE CRAZE’. The critically acclaimed album ‘CELEBRATE THE BULLET’ followed. In 1982 she left The Selecter (the original band split up soon after), gained her Equity card and diversified into theatre, TV and film acting, TV and radio presentation and writing. She won the Time Out/01 Best Actress Award in 1990 for her portrayal of jazz singer 'Billie Holiday' in a play by acclaimed novelist and playwright Caryl Phillips. She also won the 'Manchester Evening News Best Actress Award' 1993 for 'From The Mississippi Delta' by Dr. Endesha Mae Holland. The Selecter re-formed in 1991, with a different line-up and regularly toured in U.S.A, Europe and Japan and recorded new material. The band retired from the touring circuit in December 2006.

ROLLING STONE MAGAZINE: 2005: Hands down Pauline Black possessed the best voice that ever graced a 2-Tone release. Blessed with a bewitching soprano and dramatic panache, Blacks voice reached plateaus that made every other musical detail sound like part of a backdrop painted just to set the stage for her entrance. While The Specials were content to merely jazz up old ska standards, and Madness pleased themselves by playing up the zany angle, The Selecter shuttled through their songs like a band of ska revisionists, with Black rewriting songs with her voice and leaving her signature in every piercing note. Even if The Specials outsold them, and Madness outlasted them, The Selecter were arguably the best that 2-Tone had to offer.

Back in January 2008, Pauline Black joined soul legends Eddie Floyd & Geno Washington & The Ram Jam Band, both of whom she worked with during the Soul Britannia Concerts that were broadcast by the BBC from the Barbican Theatre in London in April 2007, on a 30 date ‘THIS IS SOUL TOUR’ of Britain.

THIS IS SOUL TOUR 2008

Pauline Black presents Soul Britannia concert @ the Barbican, London, 2007

In 2007, Pauline narrated 'Soul Britannia' a critically acclaimed 3 part TV series for BBC; episodes 1 & 2 directed by Jeremy Marre, episode 3 directed by Don Letts and hosted and performed in two televised live concerts from the Barbican on 16th & 23rd Feb 2007, featuring Jane Kay, Carroll Thompson, Carol Grimes, Gonzalez, Average White Band, Madeline Bell, Linda Lewis, Geno Washington, Jimmy James, Eddie Floyd, Eric Burdon & Solomon Burke.

Pauline successfully toured a solo project with The Blue Jazz Trio (drums: Pick Withers ex Dire Straits; double bass: Nigel Portman-Smith, ex Pentangle; keyboards: Dom Pipkin, ex Morcheeba) entitled 'The Very Best of Nina Simone & Billie Holiday' in 2007.

Pauline Black & The Blue Jazz Trio @ Nantwich Jazz Festival 2007

WHAT HAS BEEN SAID:

3 MEN & BLACK: ACOUSTIC .....Pauline Black has never been given the true credit she deserves. Here The Selecter tunes are great, but the true revelation is the way her resonant voice floats in and out of the non Selecter tracks, giving each a new found warmth and beauty.........Ian Templeton for Record Collector January 2005

...Black's voice sounds sublime in the stripped down environment, this is overall a successful project. Keep an eye out for live dates. Brett Callwood for Acoustic Magazine Feb/March 2005

Pauline has also performed with an 'acoustic supergroup' show '3 Men+ Black', which began in 2001 and has had varied line-ups with Jake Burns (Stiff Little Fingers), Jean Jacques Burnel (The Stranglers), Bruce Foxton (The Jam), Roddy Radiation (The Specials), Dave Wakeling (The Beat), Nick Welsh (Skaville UK), Rhoda Dakar (The Bodysnatchers),Dave Sharpe (The Alarm) and Eric Faulkner (Bay City Rollers) gracing the stage with Pauline over the intervening years.

Pauline has released two acoustic albums, "Unplugged For The Rudeboy Generation" and "Requiem For A Black Soul" with a raw ska and reggae sound.

Her most recent television acting performance was in ‘Grownups’ BBC3 in 2007 and as 'Diane Valentine', mother of the new black family in 'Hollyoaks' in 2006 (Channel 4).

Pauline is a regular writer, presenter and contributor for BBC Radio 4.

Pauline Black with the English Beat and Lynval Golding in Philadelphia Sept 2006

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The Selecter(original line-up) perform 'on my radio' in 1980

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The Selecter promo video for 'Missing Words' in 1980


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defiant pose

defiant pose



Nov 11 2009 6:47 PM

Thanks for the welcome into your circle of friends and a warm welcome to ours .


Regards

DP
Rhythm & Roots

Rhythm & Roots



Nov 11 2009 3:29 AM

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Nov 10 2009 10:07 PM

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Nov 10 2009 6:01 PM



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Nov 9 2009 5:59 PM

Hi,
Thanx a lot for this highly appreciate friendship. I hope everything is ok with you, keep on spreading the good vibes.

See ya Ma'am.

Strictly love and respect from France.

Emmanuel
The Bashments

The Bashments



Nov 7 2009 7:03 PM

Thanks for listening to the tunes!

 

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Nov 7 2009 5:51 PM




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INSPECTOR

INSPECTOR



Nov 7 2009 4:28 AM

Hey Pauline Black!
Estamos iniciando gira por Baja y California, luego seguiremos en el Jah Fest en DF y aprovechamos para presentarnos en Ecatepec y Toluca, checa los datos en nuestro myspace.
Y aprovechando allí también encontrarás el link para que descargues nuestro tema "Noviembre"


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Nov 6 2009 1:33 PM

THANKS PAULINE FOR THE ADD . I LIKE YOUR "STYLO" .
Station 17

Station 17



Nov 6 2009 10:37 AM

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Die Antwort Auf Das Licht (Frittenbude Remix)

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JOE STRUMMER - The Italian Tribute

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Nov 6 2009 1:02 AM

U-NIKO

U-NIKO



Nov 5 2009 10:31 PM

THANK YOU FOR YOUR MUSIC, FOR EVER .
 

BerlinPressureDrop

BerlinPressureDrop



Nov 5 2009 2:13 PM

Berlin Pressure Drop 14.11.09 im Lovelite
BERLIN PRESSURE DROP
Berlin's neue Ska/Reggae Reihe alle zwei Monate im Lovelite
Am 14.11. mit:

LOS PLACEBOS / Reggae-Ska-Dancehall / Bochum
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/ Ska-Reggae-Pop / Berlin
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An den Plattentellern:

DJ BELA Ska-Reggae-Dancehall

DR.JEKYLL Ska-Rocksteady-Reggae

SELECTOR SOULFIRE
Reggae-Roots-Dancehall /Vocals from VOODOO MOON

BossK Mr. Reggaexplosion Ska-Reggae Rocksteady

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das BERLIN PRESSURE DROP Team
JOE STRUMMER - The Italian Tribute

Joe STrummer



Nov 4 2009 9:28 AM

hi Pauline, Thanks to you

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Nov 3 2009 11:44 PM

YOU ARE WONDERFULLY TALENTED. THANK YOU FOR ADDING ME I REALLY ENJOYED HEARING YOU. ONE LOVE ................BLU
 

SKAUCI (nowe kawałki z nadchodzącej płyty!!!)

SKAUCI (nowe kawałki z nadchodzącej płyty!!!)



Nov 3 2009 12:47 PM

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The Criterion Band

The Criterion Band



Nov 3 2009 12:03 AM

Hi Pauline Black, check out our new track "Long Legs"
Faber Optimé

Faber Optimé



Nov 2 2009 11:39 PM

Click here to go to the Faber Optimé web site in a new tab/window.

Sorry for not having been in touch awhile - been rather busy!

Just wanted to say that your valued friendship continues to be appreciated.

Have you checked out my MySpace and www.faberoptime.com recently?
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Kulturama

Kulturama



Nov 2 2009 1:34 AM

Hello Pauline! thank you very much for your comment, hope you like our music
we`re big fan of yours, we loved your performance with dancing mood in niceto! awsome!!
Greetings from ARGENTINA!

 

IKA music productions

IKA music productions



Nov 1 2009 11:06 PM

Hello Pauline, A real honor to have you between my friends here on Myspace! I'm a big fan of Ska music and your band where one of the Icon's back in the 80's. Kind wishes, Erik
Heligoland

Heligoland



Nov 1 2009 2:10 PM

Heligoland (AUS/FR) play first UK shows next week.
Friday November 6 at Club AC30 (The Luminaire) with Trespassers William
Saturday November 7 at Union Chapel "Daylight Music" *midday start






TORRENTS (NEW RECORDINGS)

TORRENTS (NEW RECORDINGS)



Nov 1 2009 12:48 PM

Alright Pauline, just uploaded 3 new recordings. give em a good listen and let us know what you think?

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