A People’s History of Music

A slideshow / lecture / film presentation from Mississippi Records telling a story of global music scenes that struggled and endeavoured during periods of authoritarianism. The project, developed by Eric Isaacson, is a timely and compelling interweaving of people and places, of past and present, of making and sharing music in very troubling times. It's the story of how the powerful interests try to control music and how people fight back, nimbly evading systemic repressions by puritans, corporations and tech lords alike. Making wide, bold swings, this show, covers music from Ethiopia, Germany, North Korea, Cambodia, Brazil, Kenya, the USA and beyond, while drawing on Eric’s colourfully described, personal experiences of the fascist creep. Eric Isaacson is the founder of Mississippi Records and many other small esoteric record labels such as Cairo, Pyramid and Velvet Ramp. Over the past twenty- three years he's released over 390 records and 165 mixtapes of DIY music from around the world. Eric is known for his humbly comical, singular style and for his ability to revitalize audiences through digging up buried treasures from the global music underground. Come and join us for this whirlwind presentation of archival film, sound clips and images of vital anti-authoritarian stories of resistance, idiosyncrasies and soulful stories in the histories of under-acknowledged punk, gospel, soul, blues and roots based music from around the world. https://www.mississippirecords.net/