As previously mentioned, I recently did a 1974 deep dive, I listened to 185 albums and a whole lot of songs. These are my 25 favorites tunes. I previously posted a top 25 album video. I’m also planning on recording two videos devoted to the 10 best protest songs and albums. Also check out the following 74 Songs Of 74 playlist, […]
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Starting recording in the late 50s long-time singer-songwriter and activist Barbara Dane died on October 20, 2024, at 97. She had earned praise from Louis Armstong who described her as “a gasser!” and Bob Dylan who wrote an open letter to Broadside magazine in 1964 saying of Dane “we need more kind a people like that people that can’t go against […]
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As part of a recent 1974 deep dive, I listened to 185 albums (gone up since I posted the video). The video features my 25 favorites. I’m also posting my list of my 74 favorite albums of the year. The first 25 will include the notes I used as the basis of the video. Even though I’m doing the music […]
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From the artist’s Bandcamp “There’s no better songwriter alive than Kris Kristofferson,” Willie Nelson stated at a 2009 BMI award ceremony for Kristofferson. “Everything he writes is a standard, and we’re all just going to have to live with that.” Sadly, singer-songwriter Kris Kristofferson died on September 28, 2024, at the age of 88. Although he achieved success as a […]
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This video is my reaction to the top 100 songs according to Rate Your Music.
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This video is based on the previously written article 15 Protest Songs of Prince.
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Photo via Flickr, via World’s Direction, public domain. Even though Prince wasn’t widely viewed as an explicitly political artist, he was socially conscious and engaged in under-the-radar activism. For example, he demonstrated his support for the “Black Lives Matter” movement by donating to the families of victims such as Trayvon Martin and Eric Garner. Additionally, he helped fund initiatives such […]
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As part of a 1994 deep dive, I posted videos including the top 25 albums and songs and the top 10 protest albums and songs. I decided to finish off 1994 with two more videos. For fun, I used AI to generate articles about the top 10 protest albums and top 10 protest songs. I previously posted the AI-generated album list video. This video […]
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As part of a 1994 deep dive, I posted videos including the top 25 albums and songs and the top 10 protest albums and songs. I decided to finish off 1994 with two more videos. For fun, I used AI to generate articles about the top 10 protest albums and top 10 protest songs. This video deals with my response […]
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As previously mentioned, I recently did a 1994 deep dive. I listened to 233 albums and a whole lot of songs. I previously posted a video of my 25 favorite tunes and a video of my top 25 albums. Since this site is primarily dedicated to protest music I previously posted a video discussing my top 10 protest albums of 94. […]
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