NEWS, REVIEWS AND ACTIVISM

Brian Eno Starts A Campaign For Julian Assange And Releases A New Protest Song (videos)

Legendary producer and musician Brian eno is no stranger to activism. Some of his extra curricular activities include being an elected member of the Coordinating Collective along with Noam Chomsky ...
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Hong Kong’s Hip Hop Anthem: Bauhinia Rhapsody 洋紫荊狂想曲 (video)

It has been almost 6 months now since people of Hong Kong started protesting their own government and its corrupt relationship with China. It started with an extradition bill in ...
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“Rock n Roll For Blocking Coal” – Compilation Album Vs. Coal Mines And Corrupt Old Ways

The title pretty much says it all. This new compilation album features musicians and poets who see activism as something intertwined with their music endeavors. "The music and poetry on ...
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Palestinian Protest Musician Jowan Safadi Releases ‘Super White Man’ (Video)

Roughly 1 year ago we covered the fundraising efforts of Palestinian protest musician Jowan Safadi. At the time he had 2 new albums in the works and now he contacted ...
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“The Violator Is You”: Women In Chile Perform A Protest Chant

Protests in Chile are ongoing and one part of it is women voicing their frustration for the lack of action taken by the government when it comes to femicide and ...
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Moroccan Rapper Gets 1 Year Prison Sentence For Insulting The Police

Moroccan artists have long had to face serious oppression and attacks on to their freedom of expression. The latest victim of Moroccan government and police system is rapper Gnawi (real ...
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New Compilation Album Supporting Victims Of Chilean Oppression

'Aquí nos están matando' translates to 'here they are killing us' which is the title of a new compilation album from a Chilean record label, imperecedero. During mass protests and ...
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Hugh Masekelas’s Protest Concert ‘Live In Lesotho’ From 1980 Being Re-Released

In 1980 South African trumpeter and social activist Hugh Masekela played a live concert in Lesotho, a country landlocked by his then oppressive home country. Masekela traveled around the African ...
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‘Behind These Prison Walls’: David Rovics Records New Music Video Outside The Prison Where Assange Is Being Kept

Julian Assange founded Wikileaks in 2006 as an highly innovative journalism project that stays truer than most to the un-biased, watchdog rules of journalism ethics - no matter how much ...
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PROTEST MUSIC INTERVIEWS

Petra Glynt (interview)

The album cover alone is an outstanding peace of work on Petra Glynt's latest effort. The album, This Trip, is a political and percussion driven piece and Petra's visual arts ...
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Pataphysics (interview)

In November of last year an album was released filled with political hip hop and smooth jazz and soul driven tones. The artist, engineer and producer, Pataphysics, writes on his ...
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The Four Fathers (interview)

According to the code of ethics of various journalist groups around the globe some of their main tasks are to be vigilant and watch over its societies. Journalists and media ...
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