Rockin' the Free World!
How the Rock & Roll Revolution Changed America and the World
By (author) Sean Kay
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Publication date:
29 December 2016Length of book:
292 pagesPublisher
Rowman & Littlefield PublishersISBN-13: 9781442266056
In Rockin' the Free World, international relations expert Sean Kay takes readers inside “Bob Dylan’s America” and shows how this vision linked the rock and roll revolution to American values of freedom, equality, human rights, and peace while tracing how those values have spread globally. Rockin' the Free World then shows how artists have engaged in advancing change via opportunity and education; domestic and international issue advocacy; and within the recording and broader communications industry. The book is built around primary interviews with prominent American and international performing artists ranging from Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductees and Grammy winners to regional and local musicians. The interviews include leading industry people, management, journalists, heads of non-profits, and activists. The book concludes with a look at how musical artists have defined the American experience and what that has meant for the world.
"Kay brings his undoubted expertise in the international relations to bear on a series of more than 50 interviews he conducted with some of the most prominent and influential artists, producers, managers and journalists in the industry....He explores case after case of rock and roll's broader cultural impact on geopolitics, human rights, and racial and social equality."