Bristol History Podcast // ‘Out of the Comfort Zone: From Bristol to Massive Attack.’

This week I met with author and journalist Melissa Chemam to discuss her book ‘Out of the Comfort Zone: From Bristol to Massive Attack.’

Bristol History Podcast 18th February, 2019

Tom Brothwell

This week I met with author and journalist Melissa Chemam to discuss her book ‘Out of the Comfort Zone: From Bristol to Massive Attack.‘ Melissa looks to Bristol’s social and political history as a way of understanding its artistic output. We talked about the culture that spawned the music of Massive Attack, Portishead and Tricky, as well as the street art of Banksy.

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