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 in the year have delayed their releases. The good news is that many have decided to release these albums during the fall months, so this month and next have and will see many notable […]
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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 with posting the google doc to accumulate website visitor and podcast listener votes, I will also be reaching out to journalists, musicians, and music historians to serve as panelists. If […]
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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 Fame Nomination Poll. The episode opens up with the track “Beepocalypse” by experimental musical duo Grex, off their latest album Everything You Said Was Wrong. Karl Evangelista of the duo […]
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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 features several socially conscious tunes. We discussed the motivation behind the songs selected and the parallels between the 1960s and what is happening now. We also discussed some of the […]
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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 […]
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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. We also review the current inductees and discuss the recently posted nomination poll for 2020. On the podcast, we play Bartees Strange’s cover of Woody Guthrie’s “Tear These Fascists Down”, and […]
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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 that in mind, back in 2018, I decided I create an online Protest Music Hall of Fame. It is now time to start the nominating process for 2020. The results […]
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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 achieves transcendence by acknowledging his own shortcomings. Karl Evangelista and Rei Scampavia of Grex accomplish something similar. The album serves as a platform for them to analyze the challenges they […]
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“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 their upcoming album Everything You Said Was Wrong which will be released on September 5. The song and video protest the fascistic policies of President Rodrigo Duterte in the Philippines. On the latest episode […]
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