Keep on Pushing
Black Power Music from Blues to Hip-hop
Chicago : Lawrence Hill Books, [2011]
Format: Book
Description: 248 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
The marriage of music and social change didn't originate with the movements for civil rights and Black Power in the 1950s and 1960s, but never before and never again was the relationship between the two so dynamic. In Keep On Pushing , author Denise Sullivan presents the voices of musician-activists from this pivotal era and the artists who followed in their footsteps to become the force behind contemporary liberation music. Joining authentic voices with a bittersweet narrative covering more than fifty years of fighting oppression through song, Keep On Pushing defines the soundtrack to revolution and the pricenbsp;the artistsnbsp;paid to create it. nbsp; Exclusive interviews with Yoko Ono, Richie Havens, Len Chandler, Buffy Sainte-Marie, Michael Franti, Solomon Burke, Wayne Kramer, John Sinclair, Phranc, plus musician-activist Elaine Brown on the Black Panthers, Nina Simone collaborator Al Schackman, Penelope Houston and Debora Iyall on San Francisco punk rock, Ed Pearl on the L.A. folk scene and the Ash Grove, and other musical and political icons.
Contents:
Freedom now -- Everybody knows about Mississippi -- goddam! -- The rhythm of the rebel : the sound of Black power -- Movin' on up : Black power rising -- Rainbow politics, Woodstock, and revolution rock -- The revolution will not be realized : the sound of Black power goes mainstream -- Move on over : women's and gay liberation and the punky reggae disco party -- Everybody say hey! ho! let's go : punk rock meets hip-hop -- Power to the peaceful : hip-hop at the foot of the mountaintop.
Subjects:
African Americans -- Music -- History and criticism.
Black power -- United States.
Black people -- Music -- History and criticism.
African Americans -- Music -- History and criticism.
Black power -- United States.
Black people -- Music -- History and criticism.
ISBN:
9781556528170
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Call Number | Location | Shelf Location | Status |
PERFORMING ARTS Music Popular Sul | Main (Downtown) | Second Level, Nonfiction | In |
Includes bibliographical references and index.