Video: Ongoing History Of Protest Music Episode 14 Interview with Elise Okusami (Oceanator)

This was previously exclusive to my now defunct Patreon and was private. I’ve decided to make this public. This is the video footage of my Episode 14 podcast interview with Elise Okusami who performs under the name Oceanator. We discuss her full-length debut album Things I Never Said (she has since released the follow-up album (Nothing’s Ever Fine) which was released on […]

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Video: Ongoing History Of Protest Music Episode 15 Interview with Karl Evangelista of Grex

This was previously exclusive to my now defunct Patreon and was private. I’ve decided to make this public. This is the video footage of my Episode 15 podcast interview with Karl Evangelista, one-half of the experimental music duo Grex (with Rei Scampavia). We discuss the duo’s then upcoming album Everything You Said Was Wrong which was released on September 5, 2020. Evangelista […]

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Video: Ongoing History Of Protest Music Episode 17 Interview with Gathering Time

This was previously exclusive to my now defunct Patreon and was private. I’ve decided to make this public. This is the video footage of my Episode 17 podcast interview with Stuart Markus, Hillary Foxsong, and Gerry McKeveny of the folk-rock harmony trio Gathering Time who at the time just released a new album entitled Old Friends, which is a cover album that […]

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Video: Ongoing History Of Protest Music Episode 20 Interview Kaston Guffey (My Politic)

This was previously exclusive to my now defunct Patreon and was private. I’ve decided to make this public. This is the video footage of my Episode 20 podcast interview with Kaston Guffey of the Americana duo My Politic. He discusses their then recently released political concept EP Short-Sighted People In Power. We discussed the motivation behind the tunes, the possibility of backlash, […]

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Video: Ongoing History Of Protest Music Episode 21 Interview Awkword

This was previously exclusive to my now defunct Patreon and was private. I’ve decided to make this public. This is the video footage of my Episode 21 podcast interview with activist, journalist, and rapper Awkword. We discuss his new tune “Ten Demands (featuring Jesse Jett)’ and his work with the Ten Demands for Justice initiative which provides a roadmap towards abolition. We […]

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Video: Ongoing History Of Protest Music Episode 22 Interview David Rovics

This was previously exclusive to my now defunct Patreon and was private. I’ve decided to make this public. This is the video footage of my Episode 22 podcast interview with Portland-based singer-songwriter and activist David Rovics, who released four albums in 2020. We discuss what inspires him to be so prolific. We also discuss his then most recent album, Say Their Names, the […]

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Video: Ongoing History Of Protest Music Episode 23 Interview Kapil Seshasayee

This was previously exclusive to my now defunct Patreon and was private. I’ve decided to make this public. This is the video footage of my Episode 23 podcast interview with art rocker Kapil Seshasayee. We discuss his 2018 debut A Sacred Bore, a concept protest album dealing with the caste system, which is part of a three-album trilogy. We also […]

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Video: Ongoing History of Protest Music Episode 25 Interview With Christine Moad of Miss Christine

This was previously exclusive to my now defunct Patreon and was private. I’ve decided to make this public. This podcast episode features Christine Moad, the bassist and vocalist of the Iowa-based band Miss Christine. We discuss their latest protest tune “Truth In Song”, the band’s debut album Conversion, previous protest songs they composed, and why they feel it is important […]

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Video: Ongoing History Of Protest Music Episode 28 Interview With Steven Keene

This was previously exclusive to my now defunct Patreon and was private. I’ve decided to make this public. This is the video footage of my Episode 28 podcast interview with singer-songwriter Steven Keene. We discuss his album Them and Us and his motivation behind the title track. We also discuss other protest songs that he composed, his influences, and why as […]

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