

While the global history of dictatorships, oppression, racism and state violence over the last century is well known, the role that music played in people's lives during these times is less understood. Rebel Sounds tells the stories and hidden histories of how music has provided light in the darkest of times, how it has steeled souls and inspired resistance to oppression.
Mulhall explores the role of music in the fights against British rule in Ireland, the Soviet Union's oppression behind the Berlin Wall, authoritarian dictatorships in Brazil and Nigeria, institutionalised racism and police violence in America and South Africa, street violence and fascism in Britain and musical resistance in war-torn Ukraine.
This is a social history told through the lens of the human impulse to create, share and enjoy one of the few things that truly connects cultures and spans generations: music.
Size: 197 x 131mm (paperback)
Pages: 320
Publisher: Footnote