Lloyd Bradley

Lloyd Bradley (born 21 January 1955) is a British music journalist and author.
Biography.
Born in London to recent immigrants from St Kitts, Bradley discovered Jamaican music during his teenage years, while going out in the North London-based sound systems and created his own, named "Dark Star System", in the late seventies.
He worked on several magazines in their early years, including "Q" and "Empire" for Emap Metro, and launched "Big!" for the same company. Together with Mat Snow, he developed "Maxim" for Dennis Publishing, and worked on the launch of "Encore" magazine in 1994 for Haymarket. He then joined "GQ" as an editor, moving in 2003 to US company Rodale as an editorial consultant on "Men's Health" and "Runner's World" magazines.
Bradley is currently a freelance journalist and consultant for many titles, and is developing a series of international city running guides and health and fitness books. He is also working on a biography of George Clinton, that sets P-Funk in its correct socio-political context.
His journalistic contributions have been published in "NME", "Black Music" magazine, "The Guardian" and "Mojo", among other publications.
Bradley's "Bass Culture" (2001) is considered as one of the most important books on reggae music, and he was associate producer of the BBC2 series "Reggae: The Story of Jamaican Music". His most recent book is "", which was published to positive reviews in 2013.
Lloyd Bradley is also a classically trained chef.