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Album Review: Short-Sighted People In Power (A Home Recording) – My Politic
2020 has been a terrible year for just about everyone. Everyone has their own ways of trying to cope, but if you happen to be a musician it is only…
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A Month of Protest Music (September)
Downtown Boys. Artist's Bandcamp The pandemic has affected everyone, including musicians. With the traditional touring and promo channels being adversely affected many artists that were supposed to release albums earlier…
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Ongoing History Of Protest Music Episode 19: A Selection of Protest Albums From The Rolling Stone 500 List
This episode discusses some of the socially conscious albums which made the recently revamped Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Albums list. Also discusses plans to create a 500 Protest Album project. Along…
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Ongoing History of Protest Music Episode 18: Updates
This is a brief episode that discusses a couple of updates in connection with the website and podcast. I discuss the recently launched Patreon and remind listeners about the 2020 Protest Hall of…
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Ongoing History of Protest Music Podcast Episode 17: Old Friends (with Gathering Time)
This episode features Stuart Markus, Hillary Foxsong, Gerry McKeveny of the folk-rock harmony trio Gathering Time who have just released a new album entitled Old Friends, which is a cover album which…
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Daily Dose of Protest: Vigil and I Can’t Breathe – Zeal & Ardor
Zeal & Ardor is the mastermind of Swiss-American musician Manuel Gagneux. The experimental project is known for successfully blending black metal with African American spirituals, two genres that on the…
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Ongoing History of Protest Music Podcast Episode 16: Protest Music Hall of Fame
This episode discusses the Protest Music Hall of Fame, an online archival project which chronicles the artists, albums, and songs which have contributed to the historical development of protest music.…
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Protest Music Hall Of Fame 2020 Poll
One of the objectives of this site is to create an online archive of artists, albums, and songs that have made significant contributions to the canon of protest music. With…
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Album Review: Everything You Said Was Wrong – Grex
The title of the latest album by the art-rock duo is a direct reference to a line in Star Wars: The Last Jedi. In the film, reluctant hero Luke Skywalker…
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Daily Dose of Protest: Criminal – Grex
Photograph by Lenny Gonzalez "Criminal" is the explosive new tune and video by Grex, the experimental music duo made up of Karl Evangelista and Rei Scampavia. The track is off…