Passeurs de reggae / radio series

"Passeurs de reggae" is a series of six portraits of reggae players who have in common the need to build relationships between musicians, producers and audiences. They disseminate the music, but also the knowledge, contextualisations and ways of doing things that help to make it understood and loved.

Through their trajectories, we explore the constitution of a world, that of reggae in France, from the 1980s to the present day. They are: Hélène Lee (journalist, writer and documentary maker); Alexandre Grondeau (web journalist, writer and documentary maker); Sébastien Carayol (journalist and exhibition curator); Aziz Azara (photographer, reggae night organiser); Rémi Angles (record dealer and radio host); Anne Lechevalier (programme maker).

They do not represent a distinct social group or an established category, such as that of cultural intermediary in the sociology of culture, which refers to professions with a high degree of formalisation. This is why we use the notion of passeur to emphasise their roles rather than their status. Their profiles are heterogeneous and hybrid, and they may perform several functions at the same time. Their activities are inseparable from a passion which, in particular circumstances, has found the opportunity to become a profession or a source of income, sometimes of an uncertain nature.

https://www.radiogrenouille.com/tous-les-programmes/passeurs-de-reggae/
https://centrenorbertelias.cnrs.fr/podcast-passeursdereggae-2024/

Passeurs de reggae is a radio series devised by Jean-Christophe SEVIN and co-produced by Jean-Bapstiste IMBERT, with funding from Avignon Université.