CAN MUSICIANS CONTRIBUTE TO SOCIAL OR POLITICAL CHANGE?

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Can musicians contribute to social or political change?

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Can musicians contribute to social or political change? Explore this question with close
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Political and social changes do not happen in a vacuum. Although government officials contribute significantly to the attainment of changes, other stakeholders such as musicians are influential in the change of emotions and opinions on political and social views. In particular, people without aces to the realms of power depend considerably on music to impact their political views and stimulate actions to spur changes. According to John Street in his Music and Politics text, music is not only a vehicle of political expression, but it is also that expression (Street, 2012, p. 1).

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