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Freedom's song: Chris Moss celebrates the enduring tradition of Latin American protest song - music
When I arrived in Buenos Aires in 1991, much of the music being played on the radio was imported, middle-of-the-road rock. Radio stations were paid to play it, and it featured incessantly on many o...(Continue Reading) Black and gay and hunted: in Jamaica, lesbians and gays are the victims of violent persecution—often murder. Fuelling this gay-bashing are popular
It is like living in Afghanistan under the Taliban," says Richard, a 28-year-old gay Jamaican. "I wake up in the morning not knowing whether ......(Continue Reading)From jailhouse to suburban rock: music once had the ability to appal and shock. Now the most radical symbol worn by fans on the streets is the iPod. As
Fifty years ago, a 19-year-old truck driver walked into a Memphis recording studio and changed the world. There are, inevitably, furious arguments over ......(Continue Reading)Songs of Protest
SONGS OF PROTEST Rhino Records CD (1991), $11.98. WORLD WAR I SONGS Volume 1 of 2 from Mark Best, www.besmark.com/ww1b.html. $11.95 for tape, $16.96 for CD, plus $3.95 shipping/handling. (The...(Continue Reading)Too much, man. - protest music - Brief Article - Review - sound recording review
ROCK RICHARD COOK on three survivors and one star from the glory days of pop protest Protest music was annexed by rap in the 1 980s, and the old ......(Continue Reading)
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