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Lloyd Bradley (born 21 January 1955) is a British music journalist and author. ==Biography== Born in London to recent Jamaican immigrants,〔(Review "Bass Culture: When Reggae Was King by Lloyd Bradley Bradley", reggaezine.co )〕 Bradley discovered Jamaican music during his teenage years, while going out in the North London-based sound systems and created his own, named "Dark Star System", in the late 1960s. He worked on several magazines in their early years, including ''Q'' and ''Empire'' for Emap Metro, and launched ''Big!'' for the same company. Together with Mat Snow, he developed ''Maxim'' for Dennis Publishing, and worked on the launch of ''Encore'' magazine in 1994 for Haymarket. He then joined ''GQ'' as an editor, moving in 2003 to US company Rodale as an editorial consultant on ''Men's Health'' and ''Runner's World'' magazines. Bradley is currently a freelance journalist and consultant for many titles, and is developing a series of international city running guides and health and fitness books. He is also working on a biography of George Clinton, that sets P-Funk in its correct socio-political context. His journalistic contributions have been published in ''NME'', ''Black Music'' magazine, ''The Guardian'' and ''Mojo'', among other publications. Bradley's ''Bass Culture'' (2001) is considered as one of the most important books on reggae music,〔 and he was associate producer of the BBC2 series ''Reggae: The Story of Jamaican Music''. His most recent book is ''Sounds Like London: 100 Years of Black Music in the Capital'', which was published to positive reviews in 2013.〔Ian Thomson, ("Sounds Like London by Lloyd Bradley, review" ) ("a lively history of the enduring impact of black music on British life"), ''The Telegraph'', 22 September 2013.〕〔Sukhdev Sandhu, ("Sounds Like London by Lloyd Bradley – review" ) ("A welcome homage to London's black musicians covers the styles that other surveys miss"), ''The Guardian'', 22 August 2013.〕〔Margaret Busby, ("Book review: Sounds Like London: 100 Years Of Black Music In The Capital, By Lloyd Bradley" ) ("This survey of the capital's black music-makers is not just a fine anthology but also social history"), ''The Independent'', 20 September 2013.〕〔Bim Adewunmi, ("Sounds Like London by Lloyd Bradley: An intensive, lovingly written account of 100 years of black music in the capital" ), ''New Statesman'', 22 August 2013.〕 Lloyd Bradley is also a classically trained chef.〔(Lloyd Bradley biography ), Sounds Like London website.〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Lloyd Bradley」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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