Mykaell Riley, Senior Lecturer and Director for the Black Music Research Unit, was quoted in an article by The New York Times about lovers rock music.
Talking about lovers rock representing a major shift in music, Riley said: “Pre-lovers rock, it was predominantly a male dance floor – it was cool for a guy to dance on his own or with other guys.”
Discussing the musical style, Riley called lovers rock the “first Black British genre in response to Jamaican popular music.”
He later added: “It carried an element of pop that was very different from roots reggae. But held its own, and this is what was genius about it.”
Read the full article on The New York Times website.
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