Posted on 6 June 2019

University of Wales Press
This month from University of Wales Press, Freedom Music: Wales, Emancipation and Jazz 1850-1950 by Jen Wilson reclaims for Wales the history and culture of a music that eventually emerged as jazz in the 1920s, its tendrils and roots extending back to slave songs and abolition campaign songs, and Swansea’s long-forgotten connection with Cincinnati, Ohio.
Visit our website to purchase a copy www.uwp.co.uk/book/freedom-music-paperback/ .
Additionally, the University of Wales Press is delighted to receive two nominations for Wales Book of the Year 2019. Congratulations to Gethin Matthews and Lisa Sheppard, whose books have been shortlisted in the Creative Non-fiction category.