102 pages Edited by Guillermo M. Ferrando Text(s) by Tim Lawrence 31 x 24 cm Language: English Hardback Publisher: La Fabrica 2025
I Hear Music in the Streets: New York 1969–1989 captures the raw energy and cultural intensity of New York City’s music subcultures at a moment of profound transformation. Spanning two decades, the book traces the emergence of hip-hop, punk, disco, rap, and other grassroots movements through an extraordinary collection of photographs that document life in the streets, clubs, subways, and neighborhoods where these sounds were born.
Featuring the work of more than sixty photographers, including Arlene Gottfried, Peter Hujar, Stephen Shames, Bruce Davidson, Susan Meiselas, and Joseph Rodriguez, the book is structured into eight thematic chapters, each dedicated to a distinct community or social space: The Bronx Boys, The Oddballs, Black Power, The Pride, The Subways, Our Latin Thing, The Beach, and Days of Disco. Together, they form a panoramic portrait of a city in motion, where music was inseparable from identity, politics, and everyday survival.
Guided by music historian Tim Lawrence, author of Love Saves the Day, Hold On to Your Dreams, and Life and Death on the New York Dance Floor, I Hear Music in the Streets is both an ode to New York’s underground scenes and a vital historical record of a cultural revolution that continues to resonate today.
