Reviews – The Ongoing History of Protest Music

Album Review: Spotify is Surveillance – Evan Greer

Music can be a powerful tool when it comes to spotlighting important issues. This is definitely a belief of musician and activist Evan Greer. The fist-pumping follow-up to her exceptional…

CJ Baker April 8, 2021

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Review of White Riot: A Documentary Film by Rubika Shah

A large number of young people joining together to protest against a wave of fascism and racism. You might assume I'm talking about what is going on right now in…

CJ Baker October 16, 2020

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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…

CJ Baker October 2, 2020

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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…

CJ Baker September 4, 2020

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Album Review: Spirit Of Hip-Hop – David Strickland

For over two decades, David Strickland established a reputation as a sought-after producer, mixer, and engineer. He has won both Grammy and Juno (the Canadian Grammys) awards and has worked…

CJ Baker June 28, 2020

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Album Review: Born Deadly – Snotty Nose Rez Kids

The Haisla Nation hip-hop duo's latest EP Born Deadly is the followup to their acclaimed album Trapline, which was one of the best protest albums of 2019. In a press…

CJ Baker April 1, 2020

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Album Review: Strangers & Friends – David Rovics

Album cover by Mattia Ilić Part of the reason for me starting this site is to refute the misconceptions about the lack of modern protest music. The problem isn't that…

CJ Baker January 17, 2020

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Review of Renegade Dreamers: A Documentary Film By Karen Kramer

Film image of folk-singer Matt Pless appearing at a peace rally. Back in the 1950s and 60s, New York's Greenwich Village played a role in establishing the counterculture with its…

CJ Baker May 24, 2019