29
Jan
2016
The Protest Music of Jefferson Airplane’s Paul Kantner
Paul Kantner denied creating political songs, but still wrote classic protest music, from “Volunteers” to his SF concept album, “Blows Against the Empire”
25
Jan
2016
Protest Song of the Week: ‘Dissatisfaction Suite’ by The Whistleblowers
A new band, The Whistleblowers, from Brooklyn recently released their first EP, which consists entirely of protest music. They describe themselves as a project “born out of a vacuum of socially conscious music.” The song from their album, “Imaginary Lines,” which is Shadowproof’s “Protest Song of the Week,” is a
11
Jan
2016
The Protest Songs Of David Bowie
“I’m not a political commentator, but I think there are times when I’m stretched to … implicate what’s happening politically,” David Bowie said in 2003.