'An Evening with Eddy Grant' Screening

Eddy Grant in conversation with Colleen Murphy, in a special event to launch the Beyond the Bassline season.

Eddy Grant has had a highly prolific musical career spanning nearly six decades and that has expanded the possibilities of rock and pop, funk, reggae, soca and even electronic experimentation.

Born in Guyana, he moved to north London in 1960 and as a teenager formed the pioneering multi-racial pop/rock outfit The Equals, best known for the classic, Baby, Come Back.

After several years when he set up his own record label, pressing plant and recording studio Eddy once again achieved success with ‘Walking on Sunshine’ and ‘Living on the Frontline’ and the international stardom with ‘I Don’t Wanna Dance’ and ‘Electric Avenue’ from his 1982 album Killer on the Rampage. He has been based since that time in Barbados where he has continued to record, and his Blue Wave studio has welcomed the likes of The Rolling Stones, Sting and Elvis Costello.

At this special event, Eddy talks to DJ and radio host Colleen ‘Cosmo’ Murphy about this long career, with vinyl playbacks of some of his greatest tracks, inspirations and overlooked gems.