Music
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Radical Motown
The pioneering black music label, Tamla Motown, marks its 50th anniversary in 2009. Fiona Osler assesses its impact
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Making music matter
Organisers claimed it a huge success, but the BNP won a seat on the London Assembly days later. Lena De Casparis and Alex Nunns explore the impact of the Love Music Hate Racism carnival – and the future for such events
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The Politics of Bob Dylan
The protest songs for which Bob Dylan is most famous were written in a 20-month burst in the early 1960s. Within a year Dylan had turned his back on them – not in renunciation of politics, argues Mike Marqusee, but to pursue a deeper kind of radicalism
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Who takes the rap: An interview with Chuck D
Hip-hop star Chuck D says black artists must fight for control of their own music and the money it earns. Donald Harding talked to him