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  1. Coltrane and the jazz revolution

    the urban black community. Today, in the midst of another radicalisation of African American politics ... American culture often reflects the political and ideological moods and aspirations of the community from ... which it springs. It sometimes anticipates them. Coltrane's music evolved during a political ...

  2. Disposable Heroes: 'oppression is a universal language'

    politics. On Tuesday the 26th Michael Franti and Rono Tse attended the Invasion Day concert in La Perouse, ... Left Weekly about US politics, the group's political development and their musical influences. On ... the new US president, Rono said that Clinton's "whole political platform has been talking ...

  3. Songs of Struggle in Sydney

    of music — jazz, blues, classical, sole and funk. She attended a politically aware school which ... Thami, you are a voice of the people from wherever you come from. Not a political singer, Thami says he ... of seven. Today he is an internationally known didgeridoo player. He has produced two albums to date ...

  4. No punches pulled

    cassette and CD Reviewed by Norm Dixon With the Uppity Blues Women's third album, Broadcasting, they ... spirit that pervades Broad Casting and Saffire's earlier albums. "The fact that we're ... Politics and social commentary are not ignored. Their songs are more often humorous than polemical. This ...

  5. Bhangra Boom Shack-a-lak

    with percussion arranged by Sheila Chandra, lyrics as political as Disposable Heroes or Jimmy Cliff, ... Reservations, Apache's first album, took up issues relating to everyday life of British-Asian youth, ... Apache Indian reflects a new generation of social, political and musical mix. "Movin' On" ...

  6. The cool dissident

    relaxed, laconic way — on politics, the environment and music. Vince and his family settled in Berkeley, ... made eight albums, his latest, Future Girl, is all originals. Jones's interest in environmental ... politics was sparked about 12 years ago, he told Â鶹´«Ã½ Weekly. "I started visiting an area in the ...

  7. The Pagans of the people

    factories. But the album is not depressing. The Pagans also provide antidotes, such as the Jamaican reggae ... for all political music lovers. It might be a good idea to buy two copies, with Chrissy just around ...

  8. Stand-up comic of the revolution

    Riley Over 20 years ago in our shared, boldly political household, we took our icons seriously. To live ... I am.'" — is pure Brucean wit on target. His approach to politics and his humanism transcended the usual ... reissue four of the Fantasy albums recorded between 1958 and 1959. Volume II contains recordings that ...

  9. The funky voice of Maori pride

    politics. She began singing to help pay her way through law school, but "half way through I began to ... demystifying the law or showing people the real history of colonisation in New Zealand". This political ... number two on the NZ charts, also carried a strong political theme. "It's all about how black ...

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