The veteran Canadian hardcore band recently released their 6th full-length album One Day. As the title suggests each band member committed to a self-imposed time frame of 24 hours to write and record their contributions. Compared to their previous ambitious standards the album is more straightforward, but it still carries considerable weight. It also features a couple of poignant social […]
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Grace Victoria is a Virginia-born and New York City-based singer-songwriter. Who recently released the album, Love & Justice. The album heavily deals with themes connected to the Black American experience. The album features Black empowerment and fight tunes such as “Black Looks Better On Me,” “No” and “Let Me Tell You.” It also includes the samba-influenced tune “Down in Virginia.” […]
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calm. is a hip-hop duo featuring rapper Time and producer Awareness. Time has also done engineering work for Common and is a journalist who has worked with Noam Chomsky. I also previously had the privilege of interviewing Time for an episode of The Ongoing History of Protest Music Podcast. They recently released the concept album Conversations With A Willow Tree. […]
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Experimental musician and acclaimed spoken word artist Camae Ayewa had a prolific 2020, being involved in several projects including the free jazz project, Irreversible Entanglements, and a few projects under her spoken word alias Moor Mother, including the solo album Circuit City, her punk-inspired True Opera album with producer Mental Jewelry and her collaboration with rapper billy woods. “Zami’” is […]
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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 2019 album she/her/they/them (one of the best protest albums of 2019) can be viewed as an extension of her work as deputy director of Fight For the Future, a nonprofit […]
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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 surface shouldn’t work. The band released two full-length studio albums, 2016’s Devil Is Fine and 2018’s Stranger Fruit. Both albums deal with the premise of what would happen if American […]
Learn more →It’s been a while, so here is a recap of notable socially conscious music which was released during the past few weeks. Songs and Video: Hate Conquers All – Anti-Flag “Hate Conquers All” is the latest single from 20/20 Vision, the upcoming album from veteran political punk band Anti-Flag, due out January 17, 2020. The band is no stranger to […]
Learn more →My mom is still in the ICU at the hospital. She is recovering well, but it is going to be a slow process. Due to this and other factors, I haven’t been posting here as much as I would like to. I still plan on eventually completing the write-ups for the Protest Music Hall of Fame. I also have a […]
Learn more →My mom is currently in the hospital, in critical condition. I won’t be too active on here for a bit. I’ll like to thank everyone for their support.
Learn more →Belly is a Palestinian born Canadian rapper, singer, songwriter and producer. He recently released Immigrant, the long-awaited follow-up to his 2007 debut studio album The Revolution (but he has released several well received mixtapes). On the album’s title track Belly taps into his personal experience of his parent’s fleeing war-torn Palestine. The album version also features Meek Mill and M.I.A. […]
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