Video: Ongoing History Of Protest Music Episode 35 Interview with Isa Burke and Mali Obomsawin (Lula Wiles)

This is the unreleased video footage of my Episode 35 podcast interview with Isa Burke and Mali Obomosawin, two-thirds of the Americana folk trio Lula Wiles. We discuss their latest release Shame and Sedition. We discuss the motivation behind the album title and some of the political themes developed on the album. We also chat about why colonialism is such an important […]

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Ongoing History of Protest Music Podcast: Update, Recap and Relaunch

After an extended hiatus, this episode features an update of plans for a pending relaunch. It also features highlights from previous interviews, including Lula Wiles, Chris Pierce, Time, Jesse Jett, Miss Christine, Snotty Nose Rez Kids, Gathering Time, Oceanator, David Strickland, and Maestro Fresh Wes.  Subscribe to the podcast. 

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Video: Ongoing History Of Protest Music Episode 19 A Selection of Protest Albums From Rolling Stones 500 List  

This was previously exclusive to my now defunct Patreon and was private. I’ve decided to make this public. This is the video footage of my Episode 19 podcast. This episode discusses some of the socially conscious albums which made the then recently revamped Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Albums list. Also discusses plans to create a 500 Protest Album project (which has been […]

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Video: Ongoing History Of Protest Music Episode 14 Interview with Elise Okusami (Oceanator)

This was previously exclusive to my now defunct Patreon and was private. I’ve decided to make this public. This is the video footage of my Episode 14 podcast interview with Elise Okusami who performs under the name Oceanator. We discuss her full-length debut album Things I Never Said (she has since released the follow-up album (Nothing’s Ever Fine) which was released on […]

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Video: Ongoing History Of Protest Music Episode 15 Interview with Karl Evangelista of Grex

This was previously exclusive to my now defunct Patreon and was private. I’ve decided to make this public. This is the video footage of my Episode 15 podcast interview with Karl Evangelista, one-half of the experimental music duo Grex (with Rei Scampavia). We discuss the duo’s then upcoming album Everything You Said Was Wrong which was released on September 5, 2020. Evangelista […]

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Video: Ongoing History Of Protest Music Episode 17 Interview with Gathering Time

This was previously exclusive to my now defunct Patreon and was private. I’ve decided to make this public. This is the video footage of my Episode 17 podcast interview with Stuart Markus, Hillary Foxsong, and Gerry McKeveny of the folk-rock harmony trio Gathering Time who at the time just released a new album entitled Old Friends, which is a cover album that […]

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Video: Ongoing History Of Protest Music Episode 20 Interview Kaston Guffey (My Politic)

This was previously exclusive to my now defunct Patreon and was private. I’ve decided to make this public. This is the video footage of my Episode 20 podcast interview with Kaston Guffey of the Americana duo My Politic. He discusses their then recently released political concept EP Short-Sighted People In Power. We discussed the motivation behind the tunes, the possibility of backlash, […]

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Video: Ongoing History Of Protest Music Episode 21 Interview Awkword

This was previously exclusive to my now defunct Patreon and was private. I’ve decided to make this public. This is the video footage of my Episode 21 podcast interview with activist, journalist, and rapper Awkword. We discuss his new tune “Ten Demands (featuring Jesse Jett)’ and his work with the Ten Demands for Justice initiative which provides a roadmap towards abolition. We […]

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Video: Ongoing History Of Protest Music Episode 22 Interview David Rovics

This was previously exclusive to my now defunct Patreon and was private. I’ve decided to make this public. This is the video footage of my Episode 22 podcast interview with Portland-based singer-songwriter and activist David Rovics, who released four albums in 2020. We discuss what inspires him to be so prolific. We also discuss his then most recent album, Say Their Names, the […]

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Video: Ongoing History Of Protest Music Episode 23 Interview Kapil Seshasayee

This was previously exclusive to my now defunct Patreon and was private. I’ve decided to make this public. This is the video footage of my Episode 23 podcast interview with art rocker Kapil Seshasayee. We discuss his 2018 debut A Sacred Bore, a concept protest album dealing with the caste system, which is part of a three-album trilogy. We also […]

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