Feminist hardcore punk band War On Women just released a new music video for “Anarcha” from their 2018 album Capture The Flag. The tune captures a dark moment in US history. It deals with three enslaved black women Anarcha, Lucy, and Betsey who were experimented on by James Marion Sims. Sims is commonly referred to as the founding father of modern gynecology. The video […]
Learn more →In celebration of the 50th anniversary of CCR, the band released their first official music video for their 1969 protest classic “Fortunate Son”. John Fogerty composed the Vietnam War era tune as an indictment of elitism in connection with the draft. It was partly inspired by former US President Dwight Eisenhower’s grandson David, who ended up marrying then US President […]
Learn more →Ramy Essam is an Egyptian rock musician who first rose to prominence in 2011 while performing in Tahrir Square during the uprising that took place that year. One of his tunes “Irhal” is considered a powerful anthem of the revolution and it was chanted during the protests. Egypt’s authoritarian regime banned his music and in 2014 he had to flee to Sweden […]
Learn more →There are pro and cons to living in the digital age. With protest music there are additional platforms for new voices to get their message out there. For example, if she didn’t follow me on Twitter and if I didn’t click on the link to her Soundcloud account, I would never of discovered Moxie Magee. I was drawn to her […]
Learn more →Back on May 5, 2018, Childish Gambino released the politically provocative single and video for “This Is America”. Both the tune and especially the video was a groundbreaking work of protest art. Recently people have started to notice that both lyrically and musically “This Is America” has similarities to “American Pharaoh”, a 2016 song by indie rapper Jase Harley, from the […]
Learn more →Matt Pless is an alternative folk artist who has composed several insightful socially conscious tunes. He has previously been involved with the Occupy Wall Street Movement and he is considered the inspiration behind the 2012 compilation, Occupy This Album. “When the Frayed Wind Blows” is off Pless 2017 album, Catch Me If You Can. The tune is an epic scathing […]
Learn more →“Boys Will Be Boys” is a cliché which has long been used to excuse negative male behavior. Sadly it goes beyond just justifying a minor passing phase that will eventually be grown out of. At times it becomes a justification for sexual harassment and rape. “Boys Will Be Boys” is a tune off of Australian indie singer Stella Donnelly 2017 debut […]
Learn more →No-No Boy is a multimedia project of Brown University doctoral students Julian Saporiti & Erin Aoyama. The project uses music to teach historical lessons of the Asian American experience. Both Saporiti and Aoyama have personal connections to the subject. Saporiti family were refugees during the Vietnam War, while Aoyama had family that were incarnated at US internment camps during the second […]
Learn more →Everyone has their own way of processing the surrounding chaos that bombards us on a daily basis. If you happen to be a singer and songwriter writing a song is one way to try to deal with the madness. That is essentially the motivation behind “Troubled Mind” the new single from Canadian indie artist Dan Mangan. On the YouTube page […]
Learn more →Priscillia Renea is an eclectic singer and songwriter whose tunes run the gamut from soul, r&b, pop, country and all points in between. She has written hits for multiple artists including Rihanna, Pit Bull, Kelly Clarkson and Miranda Lambert. On June 22, 2018 she is set to release Coloured, the long awaited follow up to her 2009 debut album Jukebox. The […]
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