• Description
• Full Record
• Author Notes
• Contents
• Excerpts
• Reviews
• Summary
• A\\V Summary
• Preview
• Searching for more content…

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

… More »

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 price the artists paid to create it.   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.

« Less

Author: Sullivan, Denise

Title: Keep on pushing
Black power music from blues to hip-hop

Publisher: Lawrence Hill Books

Imprint: Chicago : - Lawrence Hill Books

Pages: 248

ISBN: 1556528175, 9781556528170

Language: English

Notes: 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.
Includes bibliographical references and index.

Statement of responsibility: Denise Sullivan

Characteristics: 248 p. :,ill. ;,23 cm.

Author (Original Script): Sullivan, Denise

MARC Display»

Community Activity

• Comment
• Age
• Summary
• Notices
• Quotes
• Videos