Vivien Goldman | |
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 Goldman in 2007 | |
| Background information | |
| Born | 1952 (age 72–73) London, England |
| Genres | Pop,punk rock,Reggae,new wave,rock,experimental rock |
| Occupation(s) | Musician, singer |
Vivien Goldman (born 1952)[1] is a British journalist, writer and musician.
Goldman was born in London in 1952,[2] the child of twoGerman-Jewish refugees fromNazi Germany. She studied English and American literature at theUniversity of Warwick.
Goldman began her career as a journalist forCassettes and Cartridges.[2] She then became aPR officer forAtlantic Records and thenIsland Records, where she worked withBob Marley. She was a writer and editor for London-basedSounds magazine in the late 1970s.
In the early 1980s, she began making documentaries forChannel Four television, developing and producing the world-music showBig World Cafe.[2] In 1988, she also co-presentedThe Late Shift, a weekly late night strand of music concerts and films, alongsideCharlie Gillett.
Goldman lived in Paris for a year and a half, where she was a member ofnew wave duo Chantage, which gained modest fame in France. She released theDirty Washing EP in 1981, with tracks produced byJohn Lydon andAdrian Sherwood.[3] The EP appeared first onEd Bahlman's iconic99 Records imprint on 3 June 1981.[4]
In August 1981, two of the tracks from the EP, "Launderette" and "Private Armies," were issued as a 7" single in the UK.[3] Later the song "Launderette" was included on Gomma Records' "Anti NY" compilation and theChicks On Speed-producedGirl Monster collection. In that year she also contributed vocals (on the track "Private Armies," which is actually "Private Armies Dub", or "P.A. Dub", from the EP) to theNew Age Steppers'self-titled debut.
Goldman wrote for the music magazinesNME,Sounds andMelody Maker aboutreggae,punk andpost-punk. She was a member ofThe Flying Lizards, shared a flat with fellowNME journalist andThe Pretenders singerChrissie Hynde.
Goldman is listed in the writing credits along with the bandMassive Attack on the song "Sly".[5] Goldman was Bob Marley's first UK publicist, andKid Creole's biographer.[6]She also appeared in the song "Vetar i zastave"(Wind and flags), with the Yugoslavian band "Idoli"(Idols) in 1983.
Goldman is also a documentarian and adjunct professor of punk and reggae atNew York University's (NYU)Clive Davis Institute of Recorded Music. She is also an adjunct professor of musical cultures and industry atRutgers University'sSchool of Communication and Information (Rutgers University).
In January 2007BBC America began a regularAsk the Punk Professor feature on their website, with Goldman answering questions and commenting on current events.[7] The feature ran through 2008.
Goldman appears as an interviewee in the up-coming documentary about British reggae groupSteel Pulse.[8]
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