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2017 Essence Festival: “Party With A Purpose”
June 25, 2017 - The 2017 Essence Music Festival will feature many women musicians, and of course be centered around…
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RawStory: Trump supporters are having a white-hot meltdown over Moby’s latest music video
June 22, 2017 - Moby released his "In This Cold Place" music video recently where President Cheeto 'transforms' into a…
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WestWord: Roger Waters Compares Trump to Nazis and KKK
Roger Waters Puts Trump on Trial With Video and Music June 14, 2016 - Roger Waters put Our Dear Leader…
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Todd Rundgren Releases “Tin Foil Hat” Music Video
Activist Musician Teams Up With Donald Fagen “If you’re a Trump supporter, don’t come to my show, because you won’t…
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WestWord: Roger Waters Compares Trump to Nazis and KKK
Roger Waters Puts Trump on Trial With Video and Music June 14, 2016 – Roger Waters put Our Dear Leader Trump on trial on his stage as he is touring, and uses video and music to paint an eviscerating portrait of a violent, racist pig, because that is what he is. Not hard to do,…
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Todd Rundgren Releases “Tin Foil Hat” Music Video
Activist Musician Teams Up With Donald Fagen “If you’re a Trump supporter, don’t come to my show, because you won’t have a good time. And also, I don’t understand your frickin’ values. Because I’m not singing about that. If you don’t understand the basic thing, you’re just fooling yourself. I guarantee that in this show,…
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Todd Rundgren: “If you’re a Trump supporter, don’t come to my show”
Musician tell Trump supporters: “I don’t understand your frickin’ values.” May 17, 2017 – One of my favorite artists, who once did all the instruments on one album, Todd Rundgren, said in a statement that if you are a Trump supporter, “Don’t come to my show.” The avant grade artist was interviewed by Variety, and…
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Dixie Chicks Natalie Maines to President: “Your ignorance is only superseded by your mental illness”
Dixie Chicks’ Natalie Maines shares thoughts on Trump following James Comey’s dismissal MAY 15, 2017 – Natalie Maines from the Dixie Chicks has let our President what she feels about his recent firing of FBI Director James Comey, and as usual she does not mine words or hold back. he fired out in a Tweet:…
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Seattle Times: Activists hold May Day ‘pop-up’ block party in Seattle to protest youth incarceration
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The May Day event included hip-hop performances, food, live-painting and speakers MAY 2, 2017 – May Day marches, rallies and even “pop-up parties” to celebrate worker’s rights, and to protest issues such as war and mass incarceration took place all across America yesterday. Neal Morton of The Seattle Times has a cool piece up about…
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Milwaukee Musicians Respond to Trump Presidency
“Unpresidented” to be title of new protest music album by Milwaukee-based bands and musicians, with lines such as “He will not destroy us” to protest the horrible Trump Presidency. Bands such as Dentenzione and musician Dave Rudnik want to lead a musical “Resistant Fight” are doing this to make sure Americans don’t stay complacent, and…
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Coachella Bans Medical Marijuana at Event
Patient Discrimination to be Standard Policy by Event Organizers APR 25, 2017 – Coachella organizers have banned medical marijuana patients from bringing their medicine to the event in Indio, California. Even though cannabis is legal in California now, the organizers have decided to take a stance that clearly discriminates against patient’s medical rights, and JTMP…
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VOX: The History of American Protest Music
From “Yankee Doodle” to Kendrick Lamar – How Protest Music evolved From Civil War Refrains to Viral Trump Videos APR 24, 2017 – Bridgett Henwood of VOX has a good piece up about the history of American protest music, from “Free America” of the American Revolutionary War to a Tribe Called Quest protesting the 2016…
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Brown Political Review: Resistance Music in the Trump Era
Resistance Music in the Trump Era By Mara Donadio MARCH 20, 2017 – “Donald Trump’s election has elicited resistance marked by activism and political opposition spanning the entire partisan spectrum, from all corners of the world, expressed by a multitude of media. Perhaps most interestingly, resistance has cropped up through music. Numerous artists of all genres have released songs since November that…