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1. Kneecap: A wickedly funny musical frontal assault

   worldwide in a fierce, wild, live tour on the back of their just-released album Fine Art. The group will be ... satire of Irish politics and social issues, post-Troubles. Generational post-traumatic stress is front ... protest albums in the world right now Moving portrayal of the Bloody Sunday massacre Larry Kirwan: Not all ...

2. United States: New Mexico’s attempted gun ban sparks armed protests, threats, legal challenges

   — Marty Robbins, from his album Gun-Fighter Ballads Me and Billy the Kid Never got along I didn't ... polarised political environment”. Media Matters for America identified examples of comments from users of ...

3. Dick Gaughan: Bard of freedom, hope and glory

   his album, Sail On, Gaughan "slags off" Bonnie Charlie, ("He ran like a rabbitt through ... … a beacon shining in the darkest hour". Gaughan is a politically-committed man. He cites his ties to ... to, be that rock 'n' roll or old ballads — it has always had to do with politics ...

4. Erol Josué strives for healing amid Haiti’s chaos

   album, Pelerinaj (Pilgrimage). Cleansing and healing are at the heart of the voodoo tradition, which ... political chaos now prevailing in Haiti, Josué does hold on to hope that a spiritual re-awakening may do ... traditions of Haitian voodoo, but draws on all sources of inspiration. His latest album, Pelerinaj, reveals ...

5. Eliza Gilkyson's canny human faith on display on latest album

   revolutionary words and music — like in veteran Texas/New Mexico folk singer Eliza Gilkyson’s new album ... to feel that way, too. Sometimes. In this, her stunning new (and 20th) album, the beloved ... collaborators. This album is, in a sense, a concept album. It demands to be listened to, carefully, as a whole, ...

6. Cutting through the fog of ‘Forever War’

   fighters. This personal and political growth is deftly and clearly explained in this book, which often reads ... albums to resist a world at war Read more by Bill Nevins Culture ...

7. James McMurtry’s radically honest Texas sound

   failings and hypocrisy, he strikes hard, often with wit and sardonic humour. On McMurtry’s latest album ... almost-endless tour over the past three decades or so. He doesn’t always write about political matters. “I don’t ... new album’s title song signify, McMurtry says, “Internal demons chasing you. Not necessarily death.” ...

8. Larry Kirwan: Not all happy riots and righteous parties

   tub-thumping bravado of this most political, yet most thoughtful, of all Irish-diaspora bands. Indeed, ... matter — have gravitated to Black 47's stirring albums and jammed their frequent live shows. Red ... Kirwan chews on in Kilroy Was Here, his first solo album, just released on Gadfly Records. It is a great ...

9. John Hammond: "Life is no secret" — living the American blues

   John Hammond's long career — 31 albums, a Grammy, and countless hundreds of performances — ranges ... I interviewed Hammond late in May 2007 in New Mexico during his tour in support of his latest album, Push Comes ... (Hammond's album of Robert Johnson songs, At the Cross Roads, has just been released by Vanguard Records.) ...