A Month of Protest Music (July)
Zara McFarlane From Artist's Bandcamp After the noticeable spike in political music in June, July eased off a bit. But there was still plenty of music to provide the soundtrack…
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Daily Dose of Protest: This Walk and Orgone – Jyoti
Press Pic by Priscilla Jimenez Jyoti is the one-woman jazz ensemble moniker of experimental soul artist, Georgia Anne Muldrow and it is the nickname given to her by a family…
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Ongoing History of Protest Music Podcast Episode 10: War On Women (with Shawna Potter)
This episode features special guest Shawna Potter, the frontwomen of the feminist hardcore punk band War On Women, activist, and author (among many other things). We discuss using your platform…
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Top 10 Protest Albums of 2020 (So Far) According To Shadowproof
Album Cover of RTJ4 by Run The Jewels Along with this site, I also have had the privilege of regularly contributing to Shadowproof. Twice a month a post on this…
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Hands Up, Don’t Shoot: July Playlist JusticeAid
Every month JusticeAid features a curated themed song list and blog post. For July, the theme is Hands Up, Don't Shoot. The blog features insightful writeups on 10 songs dealing with the timely…
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Ongoing History of Protest Music Podcast Episode 9: They Don’t Give a $$$$ (with Ryan Guay & James Searl)
This episode features two special guests, Ryan Guay of Canadian reggae-rock band Street Pharmacy and James Searl of American roots-reggae band Giant Panda Guerilla Dub Squad. The two recently collaborated…
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Music From The Inbox
Haviah Mighty Photo by Yung Yemi It has been a while since I have done one of these. I am often sent suggestions of artists and songs. At times I…
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Ongoing History of Protest Music Podcast: Episode 8: Filter Bubble (with Mat Ward)
This episode features special guest Mat Ward, an Australian musician and journalist. We discuss his latest album Filter Bubble, his affinity for socially conscious concept albums and his book Real Talk: Aboriginal…
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Daily Dose of Protest: All Tomorrow’s Carry – Special Interest
Photo from artist's Bandcamp page The New Orleans punk band recently released their sophomore album, The Passion Of (which is one of the best protest albums of 2020). On the…
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Ongoing History of Protest Music Podcast Episode 7: Suffocating Evil (with Jeremiah Craig)
This episode features special guest singer-songwriter Jeremiah Craig, who recently composed the protest song "Suffocating Evil" in response to the murder of George Floyd. We discussed this song along with…