Birmingham Reggae Royalty, Part 1 of 3
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Image: © A J Paxton Taken: 22 Apr 2023
This mural is painted on walls of the Handsworth Wellness Centre in Handsworth Park and celebrates Birmingham reggae musicians. The artist is Bunny Bread of CreateNotDestroy, who also painted the Downlow murals in Lozells (see, for example, Image]). He worked with Birmingham Youth Service and Simmer Down Arts, who organise the Simmer Down reggae festival in the park. Here we see, from left to right, UB40, Ranking Roger, Macka B, Apache Indian and Rose Capri. See the Simmer Down site https://simmerdownarts.com/Reggae-Mural-Project/ .