Reverberate, episode 6: The plastic people of Prague
The Plastic People of the Universe were a group of underground Czech psych-rockers known more for their outlandish stage presence than for t...
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Reverberate
The Guardian’s Chris Michael explores incredible stories from around the world about when music shook history. Each episode focuses on a turning point in a city’s story, as told through a so...
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7 episodesReverberate, episode 5: Birmingham's bhangra revolution
Racism, riots and political upheaval seemed to be spreading like wildfire in Britain in the 1980s. In that increasingly hostile environment,...
Reverberate, episode 4: the bloody symphony of Leningrad
In 1942, the city we now call St Petersburg had been under siege by Nazi troops for months. With hundreds of thousands starving to death and...
Reverberate, episode 3: the call and response that changed Cairo
Ten years ago the Arab spring spread into north Africa’s biggest country as more than a million Egyptians, enraged by police brutality and a...
Reverberate, episode 2: Rick Astley versus the dictator of Panama
Christmas, 1989: the White House has sent troops to depose Manuel Noriega. But the Panamanian dictator has holed up in the Vatican embassy....
Reverberate, episode 1: Hong Kong's accidental pop star
It was the stuff of dreams: in 2013, Kashy Keegan was an unknown singer-songwriter in a sleepy English town when, out of nowhere, he became...
Reverberate: a new podcast from the Guardian – coming soon...
The Guardian’s Chris Michael explores incredible stories from around the world about when music shook history. Our first episode – which tel...