NEWS, REVIEWS AND ACTIVISM

Rapper Maykel Osorbo and Visual Artist Luis Manuel Otéro Arbitrarily Detained In Cuba

For a couple of months now, I have been trying to interview a rapper from Cuba. His name is Maykel Osorbo. This is a collaborative interview with Freemuse, a non-profit ...
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Ethiopian Musician And Activist Killed Sparking Deadly Protests

According to some sources up to 52 people have died in recent protests in Ethiopia. The protesters stormed the streets of capital city Addis Ababa in the wake of the ...
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Public Enemy Recruits Nas, Rapsody, Black Thought And More For A Rendition Of ‘Fight The Power’

The opening acapella performance on the new rendition of Fight The Power is an original piece created by 12 year old Keedron Bryant. Young Bryant wrote the song I Just ...
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Music Video Of The Day: 1312 by Pussy Riot ft. Parcas, Dillom, Muerejoven

Pussy Riot in collaboration with Las Tesis have released a new single condemning police brutality, which seems only fitting to share now in memory of George Floyd and everyone else ...
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New Interview Series Shines A Light On Women In The Music Business

There is plenty of women in the music business, not only as musicians but also as engineers and producers. Problem is, not many shed a light on these women and ...
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HipHop vs Capitalism: Fresh Mixtape Out From Rhymethink

The crew behind Rhymethink music collective, based out of "the stolen lands of occupied Turtle Island", just released a mix tape featuring artists such as Tachichi, Lee Reed, Ghettosocks, Mother ...
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Young Director Of A Protest Music Video Dies In Prison

Shady Habash, the young Egyptian director of the video for the protest song Balaha has died inside the walls of Cairo's Tora Prison. Habash was only 24 years old. He ...
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Bandcamp Continues Their Support For Independent Artists Around The World

On March 20th, 2020, which was a Friday, Bandcamp decided to waive their revenue share from all sold music in order to support independent musicians that are being tremendously affected ...
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Legendary Protest Song ‘Zombie’ Crosses 1 Billion Views On Youtube

The legendary protest song, written by Dolores O'Riordan and performed by her Irish band The Cranberries, has long reigned as one of the more powerful political music pieces of the ...
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PROTEST MUSIC INTERVIEWS

A Protest Music Interview: WOXOW

A debut album featuring guests such as Ken Boothe, Akil from Jurassic 5, BluRum13 and others is no small feat. But that is exactly what Italian producer Woxow has just ...
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A Protest music Interview: Stabbitha and the Knifey Wifeys

Cars, tractors and other vehicles are important to the writing process for Adelaide's feminist, punk rock quartet Stabbitha and the Knifey Wifeys as bassist and vocalist Eb tells me via ...
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A Protest Music Interview: Ryan Harvey

Ryan Harvey has been writing and performing protest music since the turn of the century. But as he explains in this interview he considers himself an activist and an organizer ...
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