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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The Guardian Angel Platoon is the moniker of Canadian veteran, activist, and singer-songwriter Dennis MacKenzie. He released the self-titled debut in 2021, the day before Canada’s Remembrance Day. The album is a conceptual work that chronologically charts MacKenzie’s journey as a soldier. It deals with sobering topics such as PTSD, trauma during the war, and mistreatment afterward. It also discusses […]
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Along with this site, I regularly contribute to Shadowproof. Twice a month a post on this site is also featured on theirs. I have also contributed to their best albums list, including their list of Top Ten Protest Albums of 2021. I selected five and the remaining five were selected by Kevin Gosztola. Eight out of the ten albums were […]
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