The Ongoing History of Protest Music

2021: The Year In Protest Music

A Month Of Protest Music (May)

Lula Wiles. From artist's Bandcamp Here is a summary of notable socially conscious music released throughout the month. Songs/Videos: Jesse Jett - Ghost On The Lawn Earlier in the year,…

CJ Baker May 31, 2021

Podcast

Ongoing History of Protest Music: Episode 35: Shame and Sedition (Isa Burke and Mali Obomsawin of Lula Wiles)

This episode features special guest Isa Burke and Mali Obomosawin, two-thirds of the Americana folk trio Lula Wiles. We discuss their latest release Shame and Sedition. We discuss the motivation…

CJ Baker May 31, 2021

Daily Dose of Protest

Daily Dose of Protest: Racist, Sexist Boy – The Linda Lindas

From artist's Bandcamp Back in March 2020, ten-year-old Mila was approached by a boy in her school whose father told him to stay away from Chinese people. “It was my…

CJ Baker May 26, 2021

Podcast

Ongoing History of Protest Music Episode 34: American Silence (with Chris Pierce)

This episode features special guest, singer-songwriter Chris Pierce, who recently released the socially conscious album American Silence. We discussed bother the historical and autobiographical details that influenced the tunes on…

CJ Baker May 24, 2021

Podcast Videos

Ongoing History of Protest Music Video: Grand Theft Liberal (with mr?e)

https://youtu.be/ljVQbCKUlfE This features video footage of episode 33 of The Ongoing History of Protest Music podcast. I'll be starting to post some of the videos from podcast interviews. This episode…

CJ Baker May 17, 2021

Podcast

Ongoing History of Protest Music Episode 33: Grand Theft Liberal (with mr?e)

This episode features a special guest, mr?e, a Sydney, Australia-based hip-hop artist who is a like-minded protest music collective. We discuss a couple of recently released tunes ("Grand Theft Liberal"…

CJ Baker May 17, 2021

Podcast

Podcast Update

I was supposed to post the latest episode of the Ongoing History of Protest Music podcast today. Unfortunately, I ended up in the hospital for non-Covid reasons. Not sure how…

CJ Baker May 10, 2021

Podcast Videos

Ongoing History of Protest Music Video: Nighthawks At McCoys (with Time)

https://youtu.be/VUVSbkPQryw This features video footage of episode 32 of the Ongoing History of Protest Music podcast. I'll be starting to post some of the videos from podcast interviews. It features…

CJ Baker May 7, 2021

Daily Dose of Protest

Daily Dose of Protest: Weather Strike – Tom Morello & Pussy Riot

Tom Morello has had a long career creating political music, both as the guitarist of Rage Against The Machine, The Nightwatchman, and several other projects. It should come as no…

CJ Baker May 5, 2021

Podcast

Ongoing History of Protest Music Episode 32: Nighthawks At McCoys (with Time)

After taking a brief hiatus, this is the first episode of season two. This episode features special guest rapper, podcast host, and journalist Time. We discuss his new concept album…

CJ Baker May 3, 2021