Mainstream country music isn’t currently known for its politics. But that hasn’t always been the case. When you examine the historical developments of protest music, country along with other forms of roots music have played an important role. Outside of the mainstream, there is a crop of artists who are helping to bring political activism back to roots music.
One such artist is Steve Scott, a socially conscious Americana singer-songwriter. Scott is set to release a new EP entitled No Love For The Common Man in the fall of 2019. His music well articulates the plight faced by American citizens.
The first single and video off the album “We Know They Lied” is released today on what is Labor Day in the United States. The following statement was made in a press release:
“We Know They Lied is a song of dissent, the song and video both tackle the abuse and devastation wrought by a corporate-duopoly disguised as political parties in the U.S. –false-wars driven by avarice and greed; a routed middle-class; and, a corrupted system of justice and inequality that is fostered by the elite: A punitive-system which is punishingly racist and regressive for nothing more than profit and control!”