The Social Power of Music chronicles the vivid, impassioned, and myriad ways in which music binds, incites, memorializes, and moves groups of people.
This richly illustrated 124-page book, with 80+ tracks on 4 CDs, invites listeners into musical practices, episodes, and movements throughout the U.S. and beyond.
Working closely with The Smithsonian Folkways, ICLA produced this beautiful book to serve as a reminder of the power of music and its influence on popular culture and social movements.
These songs of struggle, devotion, celebration, and migration remind us that music has the potential to change our world.
