Ever The Smooth Operater

DJ Trevor Nelson

Presented Famous Acts

And New Talent Too

As Three Great Backing Singers Took Centre Stage For A Change At The Royal Albert Hall,

And The Large Diverse Crowd Did Their Thing… Especially When The Ever Popular Windrush Classic ‘My Boy Lollipop’ Kicked In

At The Windrush 75 Concert

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DJ Trevor Nelson @djtrevornelson

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More Golden Oldies Please. It’s Windrush.

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Great Windrush Classics Got The Royal Albert Hall Two-Stepping’, Moving & A ‘Grooving On Friday Night June 9th 2023 At Kensington Gore, SW7, Even If The Music Guest Performers Were Compartively Young And There Was A Notable Abscence of Old School Musical Elders Amongst Them.

Where Were For Instance Eddie Grant? Billy Ocean? UB40? Ali Campbell – Former Lead Singer of UB40? The Real Thing? We Don’t Know Why They Weren’t There But We Do Kow It Feels Like They Should Have Been.

But To Be Fair It Was A Good Night Nonetheless. There Were Many An Elder In The Audience Shaking A Two Foot’ As They Say And Doing A Lickle’ Two Step, And More! Alongside Them Were The Younger Generations. Middle Aged. And Younger Still. Black, White And Brown.

Civic Leaders And Celebs’ Were In The House Too Including Sadiq Khan The Major of London, Karen Gibson MBE Who Conducted The Kingdom Choir At Harry & Meghan’s Wedding, And Veteran Comedian Angie Le Mar Who Later Posted On Her Instagram Page.

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This Supremely Stylish Elder, Dressed In A Red & Gold Gentlemen’s Tunic Suit With Matching Head Wrap Caught Our Eye At The Royal Albert Hall Concert For Windrush 75

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Blowing Full Steam Ahead With Windrush

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After Much Lobbying By The Likes of Baroness Floella Benjamin @baronessfloellabenjamin Rudolph Walker CBE @rudolphwalkerfoundation And The Windrush Committee, In 2018, The 70th Anniversary Year of The Empire Windrush Ship Arriving At Tilbury Docks In Essex, From The Caribbean, On June 22nd 1948, The Then Prime Minister Theresa May Declared That Each June 22nd Shall Officially Be National Windrush Day In Britain.

Five Years On In Celebration of The 75th Anniversary The Royal Albert Hall In Anticipation of The Day’s Arrival Hosted A One-Off Windrush Musical Extravaganza.

In Addition TheOrator.Press Has Noticed That Some of The Royal Institutions Have Been Making An Effort To Be More Inclusive (Having Covered A Number Events At Such Institutions). This Includes The Royal Albert Hall (RAH) Website: royalalberthall.com And Insta @royalalberthall

Newly Appointed CEO, James Ainscough Is Leading The Charge There.

Only Recently In Early Spring Did It Host The European Premiere of Marvel’s Black Panther In Concert Series. An Excellent Event With A Live Orchestra (Chineke) And An African Drummer (Which We Covered).

The Concert Is Also Available On BBC Sounds As BBC Radio 2’s Programming Schedule Incorporated A Broadcast On Sunday June 18 (Available To Be Streamed) As Part of The Windrush Celebratory Programme Scheduling.

The Event Was Organised In Association With The Windrush 100 Network

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Windrush Music To The Ears From Many Great Performers

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Wearing A Figure-Hugging Golden Yellow Dress Beverley Knight @BeverleyKnight Declared That She Was Representing And Wearing Her Ancestoral Colours Too And As Ever Gave A Stunning Performance Singing Favourite Tracks From Her Various Albums, Including Her New Album To Clelebrate Her 50th Birthday ‘The Fifth Chapter’.

Backstage She spent Time Hangin’ Out With Loose Ends Who Also Took Part In This Historical Concert, Including Performing Their Classic Hit Hangin’ On A String’ Which Went Down A Storm @looseendsmusic

Hak Baker’s Set, Including His New Single ‘Windrush Baby’ Highlighted His Unique New-Age Style of Performing Whilst Telling Historically Important Cultural Stories of Old @hakbaker.

We Have To Say The Biggest Roar of The Night Was For Craig David @craigdavid Who Sent The Crowd Wild When He Arrived On Stage. And He Filled Us In’ With His Tale of ‘7 Days’ And A Number of Others Including Reciting A Very Clever, Detailed, Skillfully Written, Eloquent, Mind-Blowing MegaRap Track Which Sent The Audience Wild Again. It Was Seriously Impressive And On Another Level To His Mainstream Popular Rap Image, Which He Pulled off With Great Aplomb.

The Windrush Classics Such Lord Kitchener’s ‘London Is The Place For Me’ Millie Small’s My Boy Lollipop, Various Bob Marley Classics, Musical Youth’s ‘Pass The Dutchie On The Lefthand Side’ And Janet Kay’s Silly Games All Went Down A Storm As Various Singing Artists Performed Stand Out Solo or Joint Musical Renditions of Cultural Classics Representing The Arrival of The Windrush Generation And The Musical Development of The Next Generation. Especially The Three Main Backing Singers Who Took Centre Stage For A Change And Showcased Their Indivicual Talents.

Chineke! Orchestra @chinekeorchestra Along With Conductor Chris Cameron @chris_cameron6060 Were Amazing To Watch As They Worked Their Magic And Made Amazing Orchestral Music.

At The Windrush 75 Concert WestEnd Star Cleopatra Rey @Stelar_Rey From ‘Get Up Stand Up’ The Musical Theatre Story of Jamaican Reggae Star Bob Marley And His Music, Sang The Lovers’ Rock Classic ‘Silly Games’ And Reached The Famous High Notes Much To The Audience’s Delight (As Recorded By Her Actor Friend Jamie D Hunt @jamiedhunt).

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Looking Dapper In His Ancestoral National Colours Trevor Nelson Had The Auditorium In A Spin When He Showcased A Musical Extravaganza At The Royal Albert Hall For A Windrush Special. And They Loved It. Black, White, Old, Young, Famous And Not Famous, But All Dancing or Singing or Both!

The Headliners Included:

Chineke! Orchestra,

With Classical Conductor

Chris Cameron,

Beverley Knight

Craig David 

Loose Ends,

Saxophonist 

YolanDa Brown,

And Calypso Star

Tobago Crusoe,

And ‘G-folk’ Storyteller 

Hak Baker, 

And Poet