Here is a summary of the notable socially conscious music released throughout the month. Songs/Videos: Lula Wiles – In Dreams This is the latest track of the Americana’s trio upcoming album Shame and Sedition, out May 21. Trio member Mali Obomsawin, a citizen of the Abenaki Nation, notes that “In Dreams” is dedicated to “all people fighting colonial oppression around […]
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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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Here is this month’s sampling of notable socially conscious music. Songs/Videos: Lula Wiles – Television This is the first single off the Americana trio’s upcoming album Shame and Sedition, which will drop on May 21. The song was previously featured as a Daily Dose of Protest. Allison Russell – Nightflyer The Canadian singer-songwriter of Our Native Daughters and Birds of […]
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Evan Greer is an example of someone who uses their music as an extension of their activism. She is releasing her latest album Spotify is Surveillance on April 9, the follow-up to her excellent 2019 album she/her/they/them. Greer made the following statement about the album: “Big Tech companies’ business models are based in surveillance, and they’re fundamentally incompatible with basic […]
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In these monthly recaps, I am starting to draw a blank in how to introduce it. Lately, it ends up some variance of these are shitty times but at least we have the music. Here is a sampling of some of the socially conscious songs, videos, and albums released during the past month. Songs/Videos: Noname – Rainforest As expected, the […]
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Since I started this website in December 2017, there hasn’t been a month where there has been this much protest music released. As much as I’m into socially conscious music, I really wish we lived at a time where political music was no longer relevant. But in the meantime music does provide us with a needed outlet to help us […]
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It continues to be a crazy time in isolation, but at least we have music to help get us through. Here is a sampling of some of the socially conscious music released in April. Also, as a note, for any of the releases available on Bandcamp, on Friday, May 1st (and the first Friday of the month for the next […]
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As we approach the end of 2019 it is now a good time to look back on some of the notable protest albums released during the year. Many of these albums were also previously featured in the 30 Best Album (So Far) list that was published back in July. The albums are listed alphabetical order. Hopefully, you’ll be introduced to […]
Learn more →Along with this website, I have been writing about protest music for Shadowproof. Twice a month a post on this site is also featured on their site. Periodically I also contribute to their lists of best albums. Recently I contributed to their Top Ten Protest Albums of 2019 (So Far) list. I selected five albums to write about and the […]
Learn more →What is notable about the current year in protest music is diversity. Not only is there a wide range of genres and topics covered, but there is also a diverse array of artists who are making their voices heard. There was so much great music that it was difficult to narrow this list down to 30 albums. The objective of […]
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