BOOK SIGNING & CONCERT FOR “Human Rights In The Rhythm Of Rock

Join us at Librairie Phoenix for a book launch party for Human Rights in the Rhythm of Rock – Protest Music of the 1980s and 1990s. Hear some storytelling by the author G. Scott Macleod, grab yourself a signed copy of the book, see photography highlights and hear The Bedlam Boys (Celtic folk/rock/punk) live in concert!

Human Rights in the Rhythm of Rock: Protest Music of the 1980s and 1990s is an enlightening, enriching, and entertaining exploration of the rise of socially conscious music, featuring never-before-seen photos and accompanying text by photojournalist G. Scott MacLeod.

Human Rights in the Rhythm of Rock is an enriching look at an important era in music. It seemed to be a moment when we went from “sex, drugs & rock ‘n roll” to socially conscious lyrics that had deeper meaning. -Christine Long, CTV Montreal Journalist

The book of photos and stories focuses on the Human Rights Now! concert in 1988, a six-week tour that raised awareness for the 40th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights & Amnesty International’s Work in Social Justice.

G. Scott MacLeod is an international award-winning artist, photographer, film director and author.

MacLeod was a photojournalist with the Montreal Mirror from 1988 to 1990. Notably, he photographed the late Leonard Cohen for the cover of the Montreal Mirror during Cohen’s I’m Your Man tour, Sinéad O’Connor for her The Lion And The Cobra release and the Human Rights Now! world tour, which featured celebrated musicians Peter Gabriel, Bruce Springsteen, Sting and Tracy Chapman.

In 1991, he represented Canada in Dublin, Ireland, for the European City of Culture Festival at the Guinness Hop Store Gallery. He has directed and produced 11 films in collaboration with the National Film Board of Canada. His feature film, The Water of Life (2015), was on Amazon Prime Video in 2018.

He has worked as a freelance photographer for such notable jazz acts as three-time Juno winner Christine Jensen and Sub Pop acts Jale and Hartship Post, and celebrities such as actor Gabriel Byrne and musician Chris Spedding.

MacLeod is a member of The Quebec Writers’ Federation and wrote a chapter based on his Berlin Cold War documentary, After the War with Hannelore in, A Heart of Wisdom: Life Writing as Empathetic Inquiry, Peter Lang Publishing, New York.

He attended 18 international creative residencies over the last 40 years. In 2019, during his Iceland residency, he published a travel journal accompanied by his photos, 29 Days on the Reykjanes Peninsula – Iceland, one of the world’s last natural wonders.

His artwork and photography have been presented internationally and are in many permanent collections, including the National Gallery of Canada, Dr. Jane Goodall Institute and TV personality Rick Mercer.

He currently lives in Montreal, Canada.