CJ Baker – Page 64 – The Ongoing History of Protest Music

Daily Dose of Protest: This Trip – Petra Glynt

Petra Glynt is a Canadian experimental indie pop artist. The political intent of her music can be discerned from one glance of the cover of her 2017 album, This Trip.…

CJ Baker January 8, 2018

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Daily Dose of Protest: Disillusioned – A Perfect Circle

"Disillusioned", which was released on January 1st, 2018, is the 2nd single from the supergroup's upcoming album. It will be their 1st album since 2004's eMOTIVe (which was an album…

CJ Baker January 6, 2018

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Daily Dose of Protest: This Is Not The End – MILCK

MILCK went viral last year when she organized a flash mob performance of her tune "Quiet" at the Women's March On Washington on January 21st, 2017. It was a song…

CJ Baker January 5, 2018

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Daily Dose of Protest: Little Bit – Mavis Staples

Mavis Staples 2017 album, If All I Was Was Black was one of the Top 25 Protest Albums of 2017. One of the album tracks, "Who Told You That" was…

CJ Baker January 4, 2018

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Daily Dose of Protest: Pay Gap – Margo Price

Margo Price's 2017 album All American Made was one of The Top 25 Protest Album of 2017. The title track of that album was also one of the Top 50…

CJ Baker January 3, 2018

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Daily Dose of Protest: Happy New Year (Prince Can’t Die Again) – Mac McCaughan

This little ditty was recorded towards the end of 2016 and the premise was fairly self-explanatory. Regardless of how bad things will get, on the bright side at least Prince…

CJ Baker January 1, 2018

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Daily Dose of Protest: This Ends Today – Garner Family

Anti-police brutality activist Erica Garner died of a heart attack on the morning of December 30, 2017 at the age of 27. Her tireless activism was motivated by personal tragedy.…

CJ Baker December 31, 2017

2017: The Year In Protest Music

Top 50 Protest Songs of 2017

French-Cuban duo Ibeyi, made up of twin sisters Lisa-Kaindé and Naomi Diaz recorded one of the 50 best protest songs of 2017. Photo Credit: Maya Dagnino This is a continuation…

CJ Baker December 30, 2017

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Daily Dose of Protest: The Body Electric – Hurray For the Riff Raff

Hurray For the Riff Raff's 2017 album, Navigator was the number one album on the list of Top 25 Protest Albums of 2017. Today I decided to focus on a…

CJ Baker December 29, 2017

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Daily Dose of Protest: Today in Charlottesville – David Rovics

On December 20th, 2017, a street in Charlottesville, Virginia, was renamed after Heather Heyer. Heyer was killed on August 12th, 2017 when white supremacist, James Alex Fields Jr. drove into a group of…

CJ Baker December 28, 2017