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Album puts Hulett among the best
in this country. The album, like Alistair, is intensely political, yet draws its strength from the ... feature of the album is that the potential harshness of uncompromising politics has not prevented Alistair ... Alistair Hulett's new solo album demonstrates that he has become one of the finest singer-songwriters ...
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Reggae album to celebrate democracy
is the speeches record company executives make at album launches. There they stand amongst the music ... short-back-and-sides haircuts, and predicting that the new album will be a "smash". The man from RPM records ... exile in Britain, produced the album and wrote many of the lyrics. The album's other producer is MK ...
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Penelope Swales to launch new album
Penelope Swales' album Songs from the Borderline clearly shows that she is a performer in motion. ... the end of you. I don't consider myself to be in too much risk at the moment." The album ... been writing a lot of political stuff. I find that a bit more difficult to write than about personal ...
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Very political tones
Very political tones Sing Out for Ireland Wolfe Tones Distributed by Larrikin Reviewed by Bernie ... lyrics that are unashamedly political. They are very much the musical ambassadors for Irish ... Royal Ulster Constabulary (RUC). Also included on this album are songs like the "Guildford ...
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The music and politics of Judy Small
Judy Small, one of Australia's best and most popular political singer/songwriters, is ... currently touring Australia to promote her album Second Wind. She spoke to Alex Bainbridge about the ... influences on her life, her politics and her music. "I am the classic case of the conservative turned ...
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The personal and the political
The personal and the political Robyn Habel Robyn Habel Produced by Terry Bradford and Stuart Day ... tackles a range of personal and political issues on this CD, in a style that reflects her stated ... find answers, not necessarily accepting what someone else says. The album concludes on a positive note ...
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Personal exploration of politics
recent number one Irish album. "Touch the Sun" is dedicated to Sioux leader Sitting Bull, while ... politics — he doesn't set out to deliver a message. This occasionally leans towards abstraction and ...
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From politics to music, or vice versa
From politics to music, or vice versa By Karen Fredericks Luke Shaw, engineering student, Young ... CD, Spirit. In Brisbane during the '70s and '80s, radical politics and alternative music ... politics led to the music, or the music to the politics, but by one route or another many artists, ...
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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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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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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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U2 works in mysterious ways
is a step away from their previous albums, which contained more directly political songs, like ... Bavaro U2's latest album indicates a frame of mind that is not part of the old U2 caricature ... album and "Silver and Gold" from Rattle and Hum. U2 songs have always tried to reconcile the ...
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Buzzcocks doing their thing, again
Transmitions is their first album of new material written since they re-formed. Very little has changed since ... 1976. Their latest album is thrashy guitar chords with unusually melodic vocals, lyrics largely of the ... Buzzcocks have reached much more sophisticated levels of social-political comment and musical creativity. ...
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Ice T's gangster style
released a new rap album with which to upset the pigs, the Gores and Charlton Heston. The album has ... astute humour, cynicism, pragmatic street knowledge, introspection and relentless political opinion. ... you're at / Ya betta watch your back." This song alone makes Home Invasion a notable album. The song ...
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Tabaran
Melbourne band Not Drowning, Waving's new album. Was this to be a repeat of the Graceland fiasco, when ... sets the tone for the whole album. While NDW 's pleasant blend of mainstream pop and ambience is ... album combines the band's own songs (clearly influenced by their PNG experiences), songs written ...
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Sparking up the revolution
Bristol rap scene, Marxman are cool in style and uncompromising in politics. Their debut album is called ... one crisis to another...". Marxman identify very strongly with the politics of young people. In ... — generating a safety valve to avoid the real deal". The lyrics are extremely political, but their message ...
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Not doing what she does best
told that someone recollects, they think, that Joan Baez has become quite a political conservative — ... her for a political guru — or if they did, their blunder doesn't matter. We listened to Joan ... Baez because she sang beautifully. We would have listened even if she'd been singing non-political ...
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Gospel worth waiting for
their debut album. It follows many months of scrimping and scrounging by choir members to pay for its ... COTGOS are a group of people who have caught the black gospel music bug. Their album is inspired by the ... politics. During slavery, church services provided slaves their only opportunity to gather freely. The ...
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Mixed efforts from African favourites
jive. With Latin Quarter, the Bhundu Boys produce the albums most political tracks, "Radio ... highly political messages in favour of social justice, and against racism, apartheid and exploitation of ... But despite that failing, it is a great studio album. It is both fascinating and surprising. The album ...
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Benin Bop
latest album Logozo. Now I'm a fan! The album makes great listening. If you're into ... music, you can guess it will be good. She doesn't ignore politics either. Kidjo's lyrics ... forward to understanding." After listening to this album, I'm looking forward to hearing ...