On Saturday 19th June 2021 Birmingham Museums and The Red Earth Collective hosted ‘Windrush Culture’, an online event featuring four performances from Birmingham based artists exploring the creative legacy of the Windrush Generation.
This performance features Ire-Ish a band of young men of Irish heritage that perform Irish Folk songs, Dub, and other genres. The band selected and wrote a wide range of pieces to perform for the event-
“Capital of Culture” by Dr Roi Kwabena, Birmingham Poet Laureate for 2001–02
“Jamacia Farewell” by Henry Belafonte mixed with “The Fields of Athenry” by The Dubliners
“Josephine’s Jig” by Ire-Ish
“The Kesh Jig” traditional Irish jig
The film concludes with a short interview between Joe and Joe, from Ire-Ish, and event host Garry Stewart, a community researcher and director of Recognize, a Birmingham based Black Heritage and Culture organisation
