The Guardian’s Chris Michael explores incredible stories from around the world about when music shook history. Each episode focuses on a turning point in a city’s story, as told through a song that sparked a moment – and reveals the deeper social and political issues that shaped these pivotal events
https://www.theguardian.com/music/series/reverberate
Gesamtlänge aller Episoden: 2 hours 45 minutes
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Reverberate, episode 6: The plastic people of Prague
When the Communist regime put a bunch of scruffy Czech psychedelic rockers on trial in 1977, they had no idea what they were about to unleash
Reverberate, episode 5: Birmingham's bhangra revolution
In the heat of anti-immigrant fever in 1980s Birmingham, one song about a street helped forge a new British south Asian identity
Reverberate, episode 4: the bloody symphony of Leningrad
Crippled by Hitler’s forces during history’s deadliest siege, Leningrad rallied under the most unlikely of anthems – Shostakovich’s Seventh Symphony
Reverberate, episode 3: the call and response that changed Cairo
The bittersweet story of Egypt’s revolution began with a vast call-and-response song that helped bring down Hosni Mubarak. But it didn’t end there
Reverberate, episode 2: Rick Astley versus the dictator of Panama
When Manuel Noriega holed up in the Vatican embassy to escape an invasion, the US military tried a new technique of psychological warfare – blasting pop music through loudspeakers
Reverberate, episode 1: Hong Kong's accidental pop star
How an English musician became an overnight pop star in Hong Kong – only to discover he was the face of a huge new protest movement against China
Reverberate: a new podcast from the Guardian – coming soon...
The Guardian’s Chris Michael explores incredible stories from around the world about when music shook history
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