Browsing by Author "Hague, S."

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Playing to the crowd: the role of music and musicians in political participation

Savigny, Heather; Street, J.; Hague, S. (Article)

Music and politics have long been connected. One of the most recent examples was Live 8 in July 2005, when a series of concerts was used to put pressure on G8 leaders to change their policy on third world debt. While the ...
‘The voice of the people? Musicians as political actors’

Savigny, Heather; Street, J.; Hague, S. (Article)

This article explores the ways in which popular musicians, in particular Bob Geldof, have come to assume a central role in the campaign to alter economic and political relationships between the developed and developing ...