Gordon Koang is a South Sudanese musician who recently dropped a new song titled Asylum Seeker. According to the artist’s YouTube page the song is “a love song and a message of hope and support, praising their [asylum seekers and refugees] courage and asking them to have patience in the long wait for permanent residency status in Australia.”
Gordon himself has had to go through the terrible process of seeking refuge in a strange place and along with his cousin, Paul Biel who also accompanies him in music, he was granted residency in Australia after a 5 year wait.
‘Stand Up / Asylum Seeker’ 12″ out now on Music in Exile and also in the USA via Light in the Attic. http://musicinexile.com.au hi@musicinexile.com.au
Video shot and edited by Dan Kotsimbos in Melbourne, Australia.
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 Shouts HQ’s to let us know of the success of the albums. Now he has released a new single titled ‘Super White Man’ (الرجل الأبيض الخارق) that comes in a beautiful animated video package.
A veteran of the protest music scene, Safadi has been writing music for the past 20 years about his experience as an artist and human being living in Palestine territories.
Safadi wrote us a message about how his songs had traveled across the Arab world and its protests:
“…first of all allow me to thank you for the support with the album crowdfunding, a year ago. It came out and had a decent success. Songs featured there were played in the Lebanon revolution and protests around the Arab world.”
In ‘Super White Man’ Safadi addresses the powers that oppress and inflict perpetual pain onto people. Safadi himself has been arrested, tortured and oppressed by Israel, Jordan and other authorities and in the song he paint as picture of his experience in order to raise awareness of the issue.
“They told me everything about the holocaust but no one told why I should pay the cost They played wars and told me that I lost and all the losers were forced to flee Oh, super white man Salamo alikom (peace upon you) How does it feel to solve your problem and create one for me and when… will I be free?”
‘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 city lockdowns protesters in Chile have been singing on the streets and from the balconies. Now musicians from all over the world have come together to raise awareness of the oppression taking place in Chile and raising money in support of the people hurt in the process.
