Music for Now / Protest Music

Black Lives Matter.

Highlifer Su Comandante paying tribute to Malcolm X.

Bill points us to:

ongoinghistoryofprotestsongs.com

“This website focuses on the ongoing development of protest songs. The founder of this site and chief contributor CJ Baker is a published author and life long music fan. He is currently working on a nonfiction examination of the vital role music continues to play within protest movements. It is tentatively titled “500 Songs of Protest”.”… 

And:

npr.org/2020/06/09/872867237/music-for-right-now

“Over the past few weeks and in the wake of George Floyd’s death at the hands of the Minneapolis police, black artists have released a multitude of music that is a must-listen. On this edition of All Songs Considered, we hear from five of them.”

 

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