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1. 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 ...

2. 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 ...

3. 10 new albums for a world on fire

   Here's a look back at January's political news and the best new albums that related to it. There are ... FRIENDS.jpg 8. DAVID ROVICS- STRANGERS AND FRIENDS  Also touching on universal politics was the new album from ... Their Music And Country and  makes political music. This month, he released a new concept album ...

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. The Tangent bring progressive politics to Prog Rock

   collective have been melding Prog Rock’s predictably prodigious playing with less-than-predictable politics ... blanket. The narration on your new album Le Sacre Du Travail, is brilliantly written, particularly in the ... through the five movements on the album, describing what happens in each. Well, as we've already ...

6. Harry Belafonte (1927–2023): A life of fighting racism and oppression

   of 96. He lived a full life as a political activist for civil and human rights, and was known by ... album Calypso, which included both those songs, reached the top of the Billboard album chart shortly ... after its release in 1956 and stayed there for 31 weeks. It was said to be the first album by a single ...

7. John Dengate's political satire

   political songs. This album continues in that tradition. He is critical of US foreign policy, Japanese and ... Australian politics. John Dengate has made a name for himself as a larrikin writer and singer of satirical ... US "takeover" of Australia, Liberal governments and such like. The title song on the album ...

8. Exhumed bury sharp politics in cryptic lyrics

   is your next album going to be just as dark, politically? I'm not too sure how political the ... Exhumed couch their cutting politics in horror-themed lyrics. 91������̳ Weekly 's Mat Ward spoke to ... frontman Matt Harvey. * * * You use a gore metaphor to sing about politics and consumerism, saying ...

9. 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, ...

10. Aunty Raelene's debut album

    album for Aunty Raelene is one of the best political roots dance albums you could possibly hear. Basil, ... Aunty Raelene's debut album New Dork Nation Aunty Raelene Reviewed by Tully Bates The debut ... one of the four members of the group, discussed with 91������̳ Weekly their music, politics and new ...

11. Like music? Like books? Then you'll probably like Graphic's new album, Raw Intelligence

    a serious manner as a project of this nature deserves. Read about more political albums here. ... Graphic has rewritten the rule books with his new album, Raw Intelligence. The emcee, who reads 91������̳ ... Weekly, took the unusual approach of releasing the strong, high-quality album as an interactive ebook ...

12. Passion aplenty in Inti-Illimani album

    Review by Barry Healy If Augusto Pinochet is the great survivor of Chilean right-wing politics, then ... is: have Inti-Illimani softened either their political or musical radicalism as they journey through ...

13. On his groundbreaking new album, Phil Monsour makes union struggles rock

    offshore refugee processing regime. Inspired by these two events, Monsour conceived an album that would ... Electrical Trades Union (ETU).  The album that resulted, One Song One Union, was launched in May. It features ... movement. This seemed to confirm a pattern. Rock’s politics can be progressive, even revolutionary, but the ...

14. Album puts Hulett among the best

    in this country. The album, like Alistair, is intensely political, yet draws its strength from the ... feature of the album is that the potential harshness of uncompromising politics has not prevented Alistair ... Alistair Hulett's new solo album demonstrates that he has become one of the finest singer-songwriters ...

15. New albums

    New albums Riveresque Weddings, Parties, Anything Mushroom Records Whirligig Things of Stone and ... produced another strong folky album full of emotion and working-class imagery. Riveresque, their seventh ... album, contains no surprises and, unlike previous offerings, no stand-out tracks either. The change in ...

16. 12 new left-leaning albums worth a listen

    What album, or albums, would you suggest? Comment below, on Twitter or Facebook. 1. In a month when Bob ... Geldof urged the Scottish to vote against independence and U2 held a desperate-looking free album launch ... with fellow tax dodgers Apple, it was a relief to see a new album from dissenting Irish rockers Black ...

17. Five new albums worth a listen

    album. The Black In Man blends his baritone tones with heavy metal riffage and super-heavy funk. ... Enigmatic electronic act Vatican Shadow has released the album Fireball plus a set of dark, brooding ... future. 3. Manic Street Preachers ' 12th studio album, Futurology, drips with the usual intelligence ...

18. Neil Murray's third album

    truly worth the wait. Nearly three years after the release of his second album, These Hands, Murray has ... a brand of folk that would defy such a label. Dust travels over a diverse emotional and political terrain. ... songs for this album. "Menindee" is a cheeky mockery of Burke and Wills, supposed heroes who ...

19. New Rovics album tells stories of struggle

    Rovics Released July 4 www.davidrovics.bandcamp.com So here it is, the latest album from prolific radical ... preview Rovics gave on his Spreaker online radio show, “June in History and Song”. The album brings these ... influence that has become more pronounced over the years. Several of the songs on this album set a mellow ...

20. Songs of the political underground

    collection of Australian music artists with a progressive political bent. The liberating mood of the album is ... electronica to techno-acid-house, the album's contributors comment on issues such as media and government ... Today?" is always a favourite. The album's entire 76 minutes is high quality underground music. ...

21. Ten new albums worth a listen

    politically-potent new releases worth a listen. What album, or albums, would you suggest? Comment below, on Twitter ... political rap". It's the highlight of a "pay what the fuck you want" EP that accompanied ... his recent full-priced album, Death Drive. http://bit.ly/1uBDb4u sole_dj_pain_1_fuck_google 2. ...

22. Reggae album to celebrate democracy

    is the speeches record company executives make at album launches. There they stand amongst the music ... short-back-and-sides haircuts, and predicting that the new album will be a "smash". The man from RPM records ... exile in Britain, produced the album and wrote many of the lyrics. The album's other producer is MK ...

23. Bard of the underdog's timely new album

    Listen to the album here Tom Waits, the 61-year-old veteran musical maverick, released his first album of ... entirely new music in seven years on October 25. The 17th studio album by famously rough-voiced ... continues his obsession with telling tales from the wrong side of the tracks. The album's songs feature ...

24. Potential Wedding Album confronts homophobic law

    LGBTIQ Tanya Smith The Potential Wedding Album www.thepotentialweddingalbum.org In the excellent ... a hurdle for political change — to get people to care, an issue needs to be humanised. This is the thinking ... Potential Wedding Album. The Potential Wedding Album website is a collection of photos and stories from (so ...

25. Penelope Swales to launch new album

    Penelope Swales' album Songs from the Borderline clearly shows that she is a performer in motion. ... the end of you. I don't consider myself to be in too much risk at the moment." The album ... been writing a lot of political stuff. I find that a bit more difficult to write than about personal ...

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