Ry Cooder Takes On the Banks
You can bail out the banks, or you can sing out about them. Catchy songs about passbook savings accounts are not the idea behind the latest from the unmistakable musical voice of Ry Cooder. As far as...
View ArticleThanks, Internet: The Best Five Things Online This Week
This week in “Thanks, Internet” — Run them Jewels fast (and forever), Tig Notaro joins Twitter, Key and Peele call it quits, "Mission: Impossible" gets an honest trailer, and Prince Charles versus...
View ArticleTea Party Troubadours
As if the Tea Party’s rallies didn’t irk liberals enough already, this week WNYC’s Studio 360learned that the movement is cornering another market traditionally held by the left: protest songs.Meet...
View ArticleWatch: String Quartet Plays for Opposition Protest in Moscow
VIDEO: Watch the New Russian Quartet's PerformanceThe New Russian Quartet, the resident string quartet at the Moscow Conservatory, has lent its support to the protests in Moscow against the allegedly...
View ArticleVariations on a Theme of Protest: Where are the Great Political Pieces?
A new production of Mussorgsky's Boris Godunov, directed by Graham Vick, just opened at the Mariinsky Theater in Vladimir Putin's hometown of St. Petersburg, Russia. It shocked audiences by drawing...
View ArticleNew Video: Hong Kong Protesters Carry Violins, Cellos
As the standoff between China and pro-democracy protesters in Hong Kong continues, some protesters have been rallying to "Do You Hear the People Sing?" from Les Miserables with lyrics in Cantonese and...
View ArticleMichael Brown Protest Halts St. Louis Symphony Concert
Editor's Note: St. Louis Public Radio was broadcasting live during the St. Louis Symphony concert Saturday night when protesters staged a demonstration protesting the shooting death of Michael Brown....
View ArticleCould That Disruptive Protest Actually Help You Appreciate the Music?
Protests in the concert hall are nothing new: think of the riot-inducing premiere of Stravinsky's The Rite of Spring in 1913 or the backlash at the 1861 premiere of Wagner's Tannhauser. Recently,...
View ArticleBP Protesters Get Inside Royal Opera House
Protesters disrupted a performance of La Boheme at the Royal Opera House on Wednesday night, when two of them stood up and unfurled a banner that read “BP: Fueling Tragedy,” referring to the oil...
View ArticleFive Things You Had to See Online This Week
This week in “Thanks, Internet” — Run them Jewels fast (and forever), Tig Notaro joins Twitter, Key and Peele call it quits, "Mission: Impossible" gets an honest trailer, and Prince Charles versus...
View ArticleAni DiFranco on Political Songwriting and Using Music for Social Change
Click on the 'Listen' button above to hear this interview.Though Ani DiFranco's music has evolved since the acoustic sparseness of her eponymous debut album over 26 years ago, she's always remained a...
View ArticleSubverting the Status Quo with The Downtown Boys
Click on the 'Listen' button above to hear this interview.Victoria Ruiz and Joey DeFrancesco — two members of Downtown Boys, a bilingual six-piece punk band from Providence, Rhode Island — seem to...
View ArticleA Tribe Called Red: DJ Collective Fuses Native Beats, Electronica and Hip-Hop
Click on the 'Listen' button above to hear the full interview.What happens when you mix hip-hop, electronica, reggae, and Aboriginal music? You get the unique sound of “powwow step” from A Tribe Called...
View ArticleTrans Rebel Laura Jane Grace: Being Yourself is a Revolutionary Act of Protest
After nearly two decades at the helm of the punk rock band Against Me!, frontwoman Laura Jane Grace seems to have it finally figured out.Her forthcoming memoir, "Tranny: Confessions of Punk Rock's Most...
View ArticleProtest Music for the Trump Era
For decades, during times of injustice, unfairness, and power over people, millions have been called to protest. In response to President Donald Trump's election and inauguration, millions took to the...
View ArticleThe Black Panthers House Funk Band
During the heyday of soul and classic R&B, the Black Panther Party’s Minister of Culture had an idea: a revolutionary black power singing group, complete with dance routines and costumes. The band...
View ArticleA Musician's Soul-Filled Response to Trump's Immigration Ban
Click on the 'Listen' button above to hear this interview. On Tuesday night, during President Donald Trump's first address to a joint session of Congress, he expressed interest in passing an...
View ArticleExplore the Evolution of Cuban Protest Music
Click on the 'Listen' button above to hear this segment. Takeaway Culture Reporter Melissa Locker recently ventured down to Cuba for a quick getaway with her son. She admits the absence of readily...
View ArticleThe Life And Times Of Woody Guthrie, On Stage.
David Lutken, creator of the new musical, “Woody Sez: The Life and Music of Woody Guthrie” joins us to discuss the show along with co-creator Helen J. Russell, who also performs in the show. It tells...
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