Quaker City (sound system)

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Quaker City is a sound system based in Handsworth in Birmingham, England, [1] [2] playing as far afield as London, Bristol, Manchester and Leeds. [3]

It was founded in 1964 by Karl Irving, who was born in Montego Bay, Jamaica, but emigrated to Birmingham. [3] Originally playing ska, it later focused on reggae. [3] Other band members included Bongo Star. [4]

Quaker City competed at for the Gold Cup at Digbeth Civic Hall in 1979. [4] They performed at the Showcase Revival Clash at Summerfield Community Centre in Birmingham in 1993. [5]

References

  1. ↑ Murray, Enda, ed. (1994), Sound fr6 Films , retrieved 17 November 2012
  2. ↑ Hortin, Tia Damali Kore (13 December 2022). "Shubeens and Shebeens". Roundhouse Birmingham. My Voice, My Path, Our History. Retrieved 26 May 2025.
  3. 1 2 3 Murray, Enda (2001), "Sound Systems and Australian DiY Culture: Folk Music for the Dot Com Generation", in St. John, Graham (ed.), FreeNRG - Notes from the Edge of the Dance Floor (PDF), Melbourne: Common Ground, pp. 95–96, ISBN   1863350845, archived from the original (PDF) on 20 March 2016, retrieved 17 November 2012
  4. 1 2 Burrell, Ian (1 May 2024). "Nowhere does sound systems like Birmingham". The Dispatch  [ Wikidata ]. Birmingham: Mill Media  [ Wikidata ]. Retrieved 26 May 2025.
  5. ↑ Cook, Jon (8 July 2015). "Sound System Culture: Birmingham". Time Out . London: Time Out Group . Retrieved 26 May 2025.

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