Story Behind the Protest Song - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Story Behind the Protest Song write by Hardeep Phull. This book was released on 2008-10-30. Story Behind the Protest Song available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Features the most influential musical protests and statements recorded to date, providing pop-culture viewpoints on some of the most tumultuous times in modern history. Includes songs about the Vietnam War, the civil rights movement, policy in the Middle East, teenage rebellion, animal rights, and criticisms of mass media.
33 Revolutions Per Minute
33 Revolutions Per Minute - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook 33 Revolutions Per Minute write by Dorian Lynskey. This book was released on 2012. 33 Revolutions Per Minute available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. 33 Revolutions Per Minute tracks the turbulent relationship between popular music and politics, through 33 pivotal songs that span seven decades and four continents, from Billie Holiday singing 'Strange Fruit' to Green Day raging against the Iraq war. Dorian Lynskey explores the individuals, ideas and events behind each song, showing how protest music has soundtracked and informed social change since the 1930s. Through the work of such artists as Woody Guthrie, Bob Dylan, Stevie Wonder, Fela Kuti, The Clash, Public Enemy and Gil Scott Heron, Lynskey examines how music has engaged with racial unrest, nuclear paranoia, apartheid, war, poverty and oppression, offering hope, stirring anger, inciting action and producing songs which continue to resonate years down the line.
Songs of America
Songs of America - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Songs of America write by Jon Meacham. This book was released on 2019-06-11. Songs of America available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • A celebration of American history through the music that helped to shape a nation, by Pulitzer Prize winner Jon Meacham and music superstar Tim McGraw “Jon Meacham and Tim McGraw form an irresistible duo—connecting us to music as an unsung force in our nation's history.”—Doris Kearns Goodwin Through all the years of strife and triumph, America has been shaped not just by our elected leaders and our formal politics but also by our music—by the lyrics, performers, and instrumentals that have helped to carry us through the dark days and to celebrate the bright ones. From “The Star-Spangled Banner” to “Born in the U.S.A.,” Jon Meacham and Tim McGraw take readers on a moving and insightful journey through eras in American history and the songs and performers that inspired us. Meacham chronicles our history, exploring the stories behind the songs, and Tim McGraw reflects on them as an artist and performer. Their perspectives combine to create a unique view of the role music has played in uniting and shaping a nation. Beginning with the battle hymns of the revolution, and taking us through songs from the defining events of the Civil War, the fight for women’s suffrage, the two world wars, the Great Depression, the civil rights movement, the Vietnam War, and into the twenty-first century, Meacham and McGraw explore the songs that defined generations, and the cultural and political climates that produced them. Readers will discover the power of music in the lives of figures such as Harriet Tubman, Franklin Roosevelt, Eleanor Roosevelt, and Martin Luther King, Jr., and will learn more about some of our most beloved musicians and performers, including Marian Anderson, Elvis Presley, Sam Cooke, Aretha Franklin, Bob Dylan, Duke Ellington, Carole King, Bruce Springsteen, and more. Songs of America explores both famous songs and lesser-known ones, expanding our understanding of the scope of American music and lending deeper meaning to the historical context of such songs as “My Country, ’Tis of Thee,” “God Bless America,” “Over There,” “We Shall Overcome,” and “Blowin’ in the Wind.” As Quincy Jones says, Meacham and McGraw have “convened a concert in Songs of America,” one that reminds us of who we are, where we’ve been, and what we, at our best, can be.
Which Side are You On?
Which Side are You On? - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Which Side are You On? write by James Sullivan. This book was released on 2019. Which Side are You On? available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. An anecdotal history of the progressive movements that have shaped the growth of the United States, and the songs that have accompanied and defined them
Singing for Power
Singing for Power - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Singing for Power write by Ruth Murray Underhill. This book was released on 2021-05-28. Singing for Power available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press’s mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarship accessible once again using print-on-demand technology. This title was originally published in 1938.
