British bhangra is a genre of popular music that fuses Punjabi beats, music and lyrics, UK pop, RnB, soul, reggae, grime and other world sounds. Its history in Britain dates back to the immediate post-war period when migrants from the Punjab resettled their lives and homes in the UK. In the post 2000s the music can now be heard across the soundscapes of multicultural cities around the globe, in mainstream fashion and advertising, and in the songs and music of Bollywood films. British bhangra's centres of music industry are increasingly located in Birmingham and London, from where its musical products are distributed and performed internationally. This article offers an analysis of how this Punjabi folk music became a genre of popular music in post-war Britain, particularly in the midlands. It draws attention to key cities and regions, namely Birmingham, Walsall and the Black Country, Derby, Nottingham and Leicester, in terms of how they have sustained the cultural production of this music and its industry. The article draws on and examines the following: a cultural historical account of how and why the different musical genres are fused together in bhangra; a historical overview of some of the places, spaces and people key to the evolution of the music through use of archives and memorabilia from the Soho Road to the Punjab exhibition; and a textual analysis of some song lyrics and album cover artwork to elaborate this soundscape of the British midlands.