Back in the 1970s, the first nightclub in Liverpool dedicated to playing black music is considered instrumental in developing the profile of black music in the UK.
The Timepiece club on Fleet Street was the go to place in the city to hear the best R&B, Soul and Motown records. This year at the Liverpool International Music Festival (LIMF), The Timepiece will be resurrected at District on Jordan Street on Friday, July 29.
Back in 1970s Liverpool, there were still nightclubs considered to be no-go areas for non-white people. Speaking to the Liverpool Echo in 2011, Liverpool poet, activist and musician, Levi Tafari recalled: "We used to go to a place in Old Swan and it would be like running the gauntlet."
