Table of Contents

Acknowledgments
Introduction
1. Bellingham's Dana Lyons: The Artful Activist
2. Victoria's Raging Grannies: An Unstoppable Force
3. North America's Idle No More: The Aural Art of Protest
4. Vancouver's Bobs & Lolo: Raindrop Pop
5. Surrey's Artist Response Team: ART for Ecology
6. Orcas Island's Irthlingz: Community Art as Activism
7. Victoria's Towers and Trees: Together Alone Online
Conclusion: Common Themes and Connections
Discography
Bibliography
Index

About the Author

Mark Pedelty is Professor of Communication Studies and Anthropology and Resident Fellow in the Institute on the Environment at the University of Minnesota. His books include Ecomusicology: Rock, Folk and the Environment and Musical Ritual in Mexico City: From the Aztec to NAFTA.

Reviews

Mark Pedelty's A Song to Save the Salish Sea is an engaging and accessible examination of contemporary environmentalist popular music in the Salish Sea region of the Pacific Northwest.
*Journal of the Society for American Music*

Invaluable for its capacity to arouse musical activism, A Song of the Salish Sea introduces a group of musicians whose dedication, courage, and longevity stand as an example of how to motivate action through music. . . . Highly recommended.
*Choice*

A Song to Save the Salish Sea offers valuable insight into the ways that a diverse community of environmentally oriented musicians, and musically oriented environmentalists, engage with a variety of key issues.
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