English musician Dave Randall was a guitarist with the UK band Faithless and has collaborated and toured with Dido, Sinead O'Connor and many others.
He's also an author, whose new book Sound System: The Political Power of Music has been described by Q Magazine as "adventurous and spellbinding".
He talks to Trevor Reekie about what makes music powerful.
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Refugees for Refugees
Babylon
Refugees for Refugees
Amerli
Muzieckpublique
Moira Smiley
Refugee
Moira Smiley
Unzip the Horizon
Moira Smiley
Orquesta Akokán
Cuidado Con el Tumbador
Orquesta Akokán
Orquesta Akokán
Daptone Records
Ablaye Cissoko & Volker Goetze
Sira
Ablaye Cissoko & Volker Goetze
Sira
Motema Music
Blick Bassy
One Love
Blick Bassy
Ako
No Format
Sinéad O'Connor
This Is to Mother You
Sinéad O'Connor
Gospel Oak
Chrysalis Records
Special AKA
Free Nelson Mandela
Jerry Dammers
The Best of The Specials
Chrysalis Records
47 Soul
I Dont Care Where You From
47 Soul
Shamstep EP
47 Soul
Beyonce
Formation
Beyonce
Lemonade
Sony Music
Dixie Chicks
Not Ready To Make Nice
Martie Maguire, Natalie Maines, Emily Robison, Dan Wilson
Taking The Long Way
Columbia Records
The Clash
Revolution Rock
Strummer, Jones
London Calling
Sony Music
Lorde
Perfect Places
Ella Yelich-O'Connor, Jack Antonoff
Melodrama
UMG
Stormzy, Artists for Grenfell
Bridge Over Troubled Water
Michael Ebenazer Kwadjo Omari Owuo Jr. Paul Simon.
Single
Simco Ltd
Bob Marley and the Wailers
So Much Trouble In The World
Marley
Survival
Island, Def Jam
Rahim Alhaj
River
Rahim Alhaj
One Sky
Smithsonian Folkways