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Das Projekt Songs Of Slavery and Emancipation präsentiert neu entdeckte Lieder, die von versklavten Menschen komponiert wurden und ausdrücklich zum Widerstand gegen die Sklaverei aufrufen. Einige stammen aus der Zeit um 1800, andere aus der Zeit nach dem Ausbruch des Bürgerkriegs. Das Projekt umfasst auch lange verschollene Lieder der Abolitionisten-Bewegung, von denen einige sowohl von geflohenen Sklaven als auch von freien Schwarzen verfasst...

Die Existenz von Sklavenliedern, insbesondere von Spirituals, ist zwar bekannt, aber ihr Charakter wird oft missverstanden. Sklavenlieder waren nicht nur Klagen über Leiden oder Ablenkungen von einem Leben im Elend. In Songs of Slavery and Emancipation (Lieder über Sklaverei und Emanzipation) stellt Mat Callahan kürzlich entdeckte Lieder vor, die von versklavten Menschen komponiert wurden und ausdrücklich zum Widerstand gegen die Sklaverei auf...

Throughout the history of slavery, enslaved people organized resistance, escape, and rebellion. Sustaining them in this struggle was their music, some examples of which are sung to this day. While the existence of slave songs, especially spirituals, is well known, their character is often misunderstood. Slave songs were not only lamentations of suffering or distractions from a life of misery. Some songs openly called for liberty and revolution...

Throughout the history of slavery, enslaved people organized resistance, escape, and rebellion. Sustaining them in this struggle was their music, some examples of which are sung to this day. While the existence of slave songs, especially spirituals, is well known, their character is often misunderstood. Slave songs were not only lamentations of suffering or distractions from a life of misery. Some songs openly called for liberty and revolution...

Working-Class Heroes is an organic melding of history, music, and politics that demonstrates with remarkably colorful evidence that workers everywhere will struggle to improve their conditions of life. And among them will be workers who share an insight: in order to better our lot, we must act collectively to change the world. This profusely illustrated treasury of song sheets, lyrics, photographs, histories, and biographical sketches explores...

A wide-ranging critique of the concept and practice of intellectual property.

As the fiftieth anniversary of the Summer of Love floods the media with debates and celebrations of music, political movements, "flower power, " "acid rock, " and "hippies, "The Explosion of Deferred Dreams offers a critical reexamination of the interwoven political and musical happenings in San Francisco in the Sixties. Author, musician, and native San Franciscan Mat Callahan explores the dynamic links between the Black Panthers and Sly and t...

Is capitalism killing music? A critical look at the music industry.