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Peter Hicks' solo CD to be launched
October 18, 8pm. $6 and $4 Purchase an album at the door and get in free. For nearly 10 years Peter Hicks ... much awaited solo CD album The Bottom Line. The catchcry of the album is "for people not for ... profit"; it is the culmination of years of involvement in folk and acoustic music and political activism. ...
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Dirty
Dirty, the eighth album from the US thrash/grunge quartet Sonic Youth, maintains the group's focus ... on important social issues. On their 1990 album, Goo, they dealt with questions including anorexia ... about the alienation of youth from the political process in the USA, and about xenophobia and sexism. ...
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Rapper AWKWORD tackles Hip-Hop's awkward issues
artists worldwide to put out his charity album World View. The 38-track epic tackles may of hip-hop's ... awkward issues, from misogyny and materialism to drugs and guns. It also pulls no punches politically ... * * * You've worked with more than 35 producers and 65 emcees from all over the world on this album. Tell us ...
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Rapper Miss Hood speaks out for her sisters
a potent set of political tracks for her next album and lighting another feminist fuse with two other ... a chance to stand up for women." On her high-quality debut album, It's Fatal, the track ... community or in the suburbs." miss-hoods-album-its-fatal-artwork.jpg Miss Hood's album is named ...
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MC Dukebox hits out at racism
Records www.dukebox.net.au MC Dukebox says he named his debut album "Big Kitty Life" because he ... we're seeing in central Australia." mc-dukebox-big-kitty-life-album-art.jpg Big Kitty Life, MC ... Dukebox. In person, the rapper also known as Duke Bailey is far more politically intense than he is on ...
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Ben Harper: expressing the anger from the US
blues/rock guitar songs through the whole album. The blues/rock songs express anger at the political ... they are often led by the youth and students. Politics aside, the music on this album is quite ... name." So go the lyrics of "Gather Around the Stone" on Ben Harper's latest album, Both ...
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Satisfyingly 'un-Australian' folk music
before listening to this album, but now that I've heard it, I want to find out more. The album is ... a very sharp commentary on contemporary Australian politics — musically satisfying and politically ... being used by both sides of politics to put down anyone who questions the status quo. It is very ...
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Rory all over
time and entertaining people. Lullabies for Big Babies, his latest album, includes 16 tracks recorded ... this album. "Ballad of Spitalfields Market" is about the hardships and camaraderie in the ... political ("I've seen more dinner times than dinners"). That also means it is full of love ...
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Uneven work from the vanguard rappers
the beat never really grabs you. In many ways it is similar to Public Enemy's last album — a Fear ... of a Black Planet — which heralded a number of new directions. While still strong on the politics of ... traditional strengths of Public Enemy are expressed on this album: the diversity, the machine-gun rapping, the ...
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Jello Biafra urges boycott of World Bank bonds
primaries, Jello Biafra, has endorsed the World Bank bonds boycott campaign on his new spoken-word album ... , Become the Media. On the album, Biafra talks about the growing fight to reduce corporate power, both in ... the music industry and in international politics. During his piece "World Bunk and International ...
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Simple but likeable
Secret is singer/songwriter Melissa Etheridge's fifth album. The music is straight forward rock and ... guitar, and this album is no exception. In 1995, Etheridge sang "Piece of My Heart" during Janis ... calls increasing lesbian visibility "the quiet revolution". Unfortunately, politics is left ...
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Sweet Honey's 20-year journey
experience and a political rally. The tour and recently released album Still on the Journey mark 20 years of ... gutsy feminist politics and dancy beat. The album features traditional African American spirituals, but ... Still on the Journey Sweet Honey in the Rock's 20th anniversary album Review by Carla Gorton ...
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Sinead and the Famine
Sinead O'Connor's latest album begins with Germaine Greer speaking about women making politics ... fraternity." She says women are going to have to "find the trick to cooperation". The album also has ... quotes about the "Goddess" on the inlay. The songs are a different style from her other albums ...
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Definitely not bubblegum pop
Perhaps to soften the edge of the more political songs, there are several love songs on the album. He ... millions of albums worldwide, Steve Towson's debut album In a Shattered State is welcome relief. ... Brisbane-based Towson, who refuses to tag himself with any political label, knows there is a definite need for ...
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The gospel according to Mark
mark_stewart_-_the_politics_of_envy_sampler Video: The Politics Of Envy on the interactive YouTube album sampler. MarkStewartMusic. June 26, ... Books & music Mat Ward Punk post-punk Mark Stewart The Politics Of Envy Future Noise Music ... Madness", a song on his star-studded new CD, The Politics Of Envy. But he could just as easily be talking ...
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Marcel Cartier gets his rap lines from the frontline
clarity of a clarion call- and the messages on his latest album are as loud and clear as ever. As he tells ... around the world. Whereas most activists stay up with world politics via the non-corporate media, you go ... us where you've been since your last album. How do you fund such travels? Since the last album ...
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Tribute to a great fighter
record this album. Along with this is a bonus disc of the original recordings by Carmody. I loved the ... tribute album, but it was the disc of originals that really brought that strong emotional response you ... released his debut album Pillars of Society in 1989 — music that moves people and songwriting so laden with ...
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Rage to release Renegades
BY RICHARD PITHOUSE Rage Against The Machine has recorded an album of classic socially and ... politically charged hip-hop, rock and punk songs. Rage attacks these songs in its typical hard-edged, ... written and recorded by Afrika Bambaataa. The initial shipment of the album will contain two bonus tracks ...
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Skindred urge listeners to Kill The Power
latest album, Kill The Power- and they're bringing their hard-hitting message to Australia with the ... some faces! Rock on. You filmed the video for the album's title track, "Kill The Power" ... and hold them down! Use this album as a backdrop to overcome and take your life back!" Tell us ...
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Not much left to say
maintain some connection with social — dare I say progressive? — issues. His latest two albums include ... aspects of the confusing lives we lead. The publicity blurb describes these albums as "Eric at his ... by some of the results. Nevertheless, in recent years, Bogle's link to progressive politics has ...