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    3038 Hennepin Ave Minneapolis, MN
    612-822-4611

Open Daily: 10am - 10pm | Alley-side Pickup: 10am - 7pm
3038 Hennepin Ave Minneapolis, MN
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Like Lockdown Never Happened: Music and Culture During Covid

Like Lockdown Never Happened: Music and Culture During Covid

White, Joy

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General MusicGeneral SociologyHip Hop

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ISBN10: 1914420098
ISBN13: 9781914420092
Publisher: Repeater
Published: Oct 1 2024
Pages: 160
Weight: 0.35
Height: 0.60 Width: 5.00 Depth: 7.70
Language: English
Analyses how Black music and culture framed how we passed the time in the first 18 months of the pandemic.

When everyday life moved online during the COVID-19 lockdowns, music and art took on a renewed importance. For millions, dancehall, lovers rock, rap, grime and UK drill became the soundtrack to this pandemic time as geographic and sonic borders blurred and interwove.

Taking a deep dive into the Black popular music and culture that emerged during the pandemic, including Kano's Newham Talks series, Steve McQueen's BBC anthology Small Axe, and the Verzuz DJ Battle series, Like Lockdown Never Happened explores the way that Black joy and creative expression sustained us, shaping our experience of lockdown and helping us counter its isolation and restriction.

This read becomes the metronome taking us on a journey through the musical asylum we created during lockdown. Dr Joy simplifies the complexities of Black music culture whilst carefully and consciously traversing its nuances. Joy continues to be a voice for the ends and a cornerstone for the Afro-diasporic community.

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