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The reggae singer used his music to speak out at issues that mattered.
Disco classics, patriotic songs and celebrity endorsements featured heavily in the US election. Politicians can use music to evoke strong emotions and bring people together behind them.
In 1985 The Junkyard Band shifted the paradigm by challenging Reaganomics. Many of those same key issues still rage on today, across the world.
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Research Lead at Rhythm Obscura / Lecturer in the School of Art, Design and Architecture, University of Plymouth
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PhD candidate, Music Theory, McGill University
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Researcher, Department of Sociology, University of Cambridge
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Post-doctoral fellow, Music, Carleton University
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Professor of Music, Carleton University