26 July 2019

"Rachel Aggs draws heavily on what she calls African roots music and listens to a plethora of musicians from across the continent. Her band [Trash Kit] allow Aggs to bring black music to the stages of white spaces, that otherwise, rarely acknowledge the validity of black creativity. 'A lot of people ask if I have African heritage and I don’t apart for like my family are from America. I’ve never been [to Africa] so sometimes I don’t want people to get the wrong idea. I’m just genuinely interested in roots music. (...) It’s difficult because it walks close to the line of appropriation but with music it’s something that’s always been happening'(aqui)

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