# Music Is Power: Popular Songs, Social Justice, and the Will to Change - Hardcover

by **Brad Schreiber** (Author)

**Honorable Mention, 2019 Foreword INDIES Awards - Performing Arts & Music**  
**Honorable Mention, Graphis 2021 Design Annual Competition​**

Popular music has long been a powerful force for social change. Protest songs have served as anthems regarding war, racism, sexism, ecological destruction, and so many other crucial issues.

_Music Is Power_ takes us on a guided tour through the past one hundred years of politically conscious music, from Pete Seeger and Woody Guthrie to Green Day and NWA. Covering a wide variety of genres, including reggae, country, metal, psychedelia, rap, punk, folk, and soul, Brad Schreiber demonstrates how musicians can take a variety of approaches-- angry rallying cries, mournful elegies to the victims of injustice, or even humorous mockeries of authority--to fight for a fairer world. While shining a spotlight on Phil Ochs, Gil Scott-Heron, the Dead Kennedys and other seminal, politicized artists, he also gives readers a new appreciation of classic acts such as Lesley Gore, James Brown, and Black Sabbath, who overcame limitations in their industry to create politically potent music

_Music Is Power_ tells fascinating stories about the origins and the impact of dozens of world-changing songs, while revealing political context and the personal challenges of legendary artists from Bob Dylan to Bob Marley.

Supplemental material (Artist and Title List): https: //d3tto5i5w9ogdd.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/24001955/Music\_Is\_Power\_Supplementary\_Artist\_Title\_List.doc  

### Author Biography

BRAD SCHREIBER is an award-winning author, journalist, and screenwriter. His previous books include _Death in Paradise_, _Becoming Jimi Hendrix_, and _Revolution's End_. He has received fellowships and awards from the National Press Foundation, Edward Albee Foundation, International Book Awards, Independent Publisher Book Awards and Los Angeles Press Club.  

**Number of Pages:** 238

**Dimensions:** 0.9 x 9.1 x 5.9 IN

**Illustrated:** Yes

**Publication Date:** November 21, 2019

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