Fatoumata Diawara, from artist Bandcamp Another month has passed and here is your monthly recap of notable socially conscious music. Songs/Videos: America Has a Problem (featuring Kendrick Lamar) – Beyoncé This remix of the track off Beyoncé 2022 album Renaissance features poignant contributions from Kendrick Lamar. Save the World – Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit This is the latest […]
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From the artist’s Bandcamp No-No Boy is a multimedia project formed by Julian Saporiti & Erin Aoyama while pursuing their doctorates at Brown University. The project employs music as an educational tool to teach historical lessons about the Asian American experience. It is a topic that they both shared a personal connection to. Saporiti’s family were refugees during the Vietnam […]
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Armed with his weapon of choice, a guitar that bore the sticker, “This Machine Kills Fascists”, Woody Guthrie was a pivotal contributor to the canon of protest tunes. During his lifetime, he composed nearly 3,000 lyrics, many of which remained unpublished. This has allowed a new generation of musicians to set these unused lyrics to music and create anthems that […]
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