Soul Music

Can music change lives, and classical music in particular? In Soul Music, novelist and former activist of African descent, Candace Allen asks whether the pitched battles between 'our' music and 'their' music of her youth are alive among young people engaged in music study. She follows the beat of music -from Blues, Miles Davis as friend of the family, hiphop, musical to classical -in her own life to places where different cultures meet.Her personal journey takes her to the streets of London and