Rebel Musics, Volume 2: Human Rights, Resistant Sounds, and the Politics of Music Making (Volume 2)

When it was first published in 2003, Rebel Musics sought to explore how musical activism resonates as resistance to the dominant culture, and how political action through music increases the potential for people to determine their own fate. If anything, these issues seem to be even more pressing today. Rebel Musics offers a fascinating journey into a rich, complex world where music and politics unite, and where rebel musicians are mobilizing for political change, resistance, and social justice. Daniel Fischlin and Ajay Heble cover a wide range of artists, genres, and topics, including Thomas Mapfumo, Bob Marley, William Parker, Frank Zappa, Edgard Varese, Ice-T, American blues, West African drumming, hip hop, gospel, rock'n'roll cabaret, Paul Robeson, and free jazz. This book shows how rebel music is at the heart of some of the most incisive critiques of global politics. With explosive lyrics and driving rhythms, rebel musicians are helping to mobilize movements for political change and social justice, at home and around the world.In celebration of the 50th anniversary of Black Rose Books, this revised and expanded edition of Rebel Musics will include all the original essays, as well as a new contribution by the editors. Rounding out the new edition will be several new pieces from artists and scholars that will continue to spark debate about these vital topics in compelling ways. When it was first published in 2003, Rebel Musics sought to explore how musical activism resonates as resistance to the dominant culture, and how political action through music increases the potential for people to determine their own fate. If anything, these issues seem to be even more pressing today. Rebel Musics offers a fascinating journey into a rich, complex world where music and politics unite, and where rebel musicians are mobilizing for political change, resistance, and social justice. Daniel Fischlin and Ajay Heble cover a wide range of artists, genres, and topics, including Thomas Mapfumo, Bob Marley, William Parker, Frank Zappa, Edgard Varese, Ice-T, American blues, West African drumming, hip hop, gospel, rock'n'roll cabaret, Paul Robeson, and free jazz. This book shows how rebel music is at the heart of some of the most incisive critiques of global politics. With explosive lyrics and driving rhythms, rebel musicians are helping to mobilize movements for political change and social justice, at home and around the world. In celebration of the 50th anniversary of Black Rose Books, this revised and expanded edition of Rebel Musics will include all the original essays, as well as a new contribution by the editors. Rounding out the new edition will be several new pieces from artists and scholars that will continue to spark debate about these vital topics in compelling ways "The first edition of Rebel Musics, published in 2003, sought to explore how musical activism resonates in practical and political terms, how musical resistance brings together voices that might otherwise remain silent, and how political action through music increases the potential for people to determine their own fate. If anything, these issues seem to be even more pressing today. In celebration of the 50th anniversary of Black Rose Books, this second volume of Rebel Musics features a collection of new essays from artists and scholars that will continue to explore and spark debate about these vital topics in compelling ways. The book offers a fascinating journey into a rich, complex world, where music and politics unite, where rebel musicians are mobilizing for political change, resistance, and social justice. With explosive lyrics and driving rhythms, rebel musicians are helping to mobilize movements for political change and social justice, at home and around the world."-- Provided by publisher Contents 10 Acknowledgements 12 Preface 14 1. Remix One: Music and Transformation: Sounding Agency and Direct Action by Daniel Fischlin 18 2. Music for Loneliness: Ambient Sound and Improvising Queer Resilience by Feryn Wade-Lang 63 3. Rebellion Musics: The Reel Multiracial Jazz Archive Way Out West by Josslyn Luckett 88 4. Singing for Justice: Oromo Women’s Musical Responses to Violence by Leila Qashu 108 5. “Welcome to the Dance”: FandangObon as a PolyculturalAnti-Racist Remix by George Lipsitz 142 6. “I Sing of Difference”: Violeta Parra’s Testimonial Songs for Justice by Martha Nandorfy 161 7. A Hand on the Mic and a Fist in the Air: Sampling the Civil Rights Era in Holy Hip-Hop by Alyssa Woods and Robert Michael Edwards 200 8. Enchantment’s Irreconcilable Connection: Listening to Anger, Being Idle No More by Dylan Robinson 231 9. Remix Two Music and Transformation: Sounding Agency and Direct Action by Ajay Heble 257 Contributors 277 Index 282