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Social decay and musical violence
a terrible war against the people of Vietnam. Rock music had already become popular, and the political ... not the first punk band, the Sex Pistols became the most successful. Their first album went to number ... UK" and the Clash even called an album Sandinista in tribute to the 1979 Nicaraguan revolution, punk ...
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Jimmy to the rescue
latest albums from the French Musidisc label to be released in this country by Festival Records is ... and liberation. The album is typically light and melodic, perhaps a little too much so for dedicated ... roots reggae-heads. The album opens with "Turning Point", a typically Cliff-esque, ...
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Hip-Hop: life and death in Amerikkka
into film and politics as well. The Hip-Hop nation has freed itself from the shackles of post-Ronald ... political power. The Nation of Islam, rappers like Ice Cube, Public Enemy, the Poor Righteous Teachers, and ... independent labels. Hip-Hop is a development of that early scene, and differs vastly in its style, politics ...
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Lucky Dube: reggae with a message
Areas Act" from Lucky's latest album, House of Exile, spoke optimistically of unity between ... Left Weekly' s Norm Dixon about music and politics. Lucky was remarkably coy about being compared ... honour." Asked about politics, Lucky was similarly modest: "I don't know much about politics. All ...
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Radio highlights
a range of South Africans living in Australia. Why did they come, how many of them are of the political ... Angeles. This program examines the musical, social and political aspects of jazz. ABC Radio National, ... Thursday, April 28, 11.05am. Back Catalogue — 1978: The Year in Music — The hard-to-find album releases of ...
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Ice-T, Public Enemy on tour
By Zanny Begg SYDNEY — Ice-T and Public Enemy are both known for their uncompromising political ... "nigger" music. Approximately 60% of Ice-T's albums sell to white young people, which illustrates the ... Ice-T's politics were revealed when Â鶹´«Ã½ of the audience began chanting "faggot" at a young ...
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Jimmy Cliff fills some big shoes
Ronstadt. Every Jimmy Cliff album has its share of philosophy, politics and smoochy love songs. Breakout is ... doubt the best loved, most sincere and most political Jamaican reggae artist around. Being the best ... and Peter Tosh, Cliff has big shoes to fill with every album. With Breakout, he wears those shoes with ...
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Flawless rhythms but lacking soul
His new album, Arturo Sandoval and the Latin Train, is a very nice listen. Technically it is ... robust and spectacular. The album features homages to legendary Cuban trumpeter Felix Chappotin, mambo ... where this music was born. The stated purpose of this album is sharply at odds with Sandoval's ...
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The militant and the mystic
allied streams of black radicalism in jazz in the late '60s — the political and the spiritual. As US ... 'no confidence' in Western civilisation and the American Dream". Politically, black youth ... turbulence, impatience, excitement and determination to create a better society. Shepp embraced political ...
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Luka Bloom
built his reputation on two acclaimed albums, Riverside and Acoustic Motorbike and his appearance in the ... While his songs mainly reflect personal experiences and are not overtly political, he is not shy to ...
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Deep in the forest, is it equa-table?
put such doubts behind you, Equa is quite an engaging, if a little predictable, album. It weaves ... of the unacknowledged African performers give the album a lift it would not otherwise have. Zawose is ... people sing about politics, people sing about the environment, people sing about nature. The record was ...
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'Bury down apartheid!'
enough to make you wilt. On top of that, his politically charged blend of the reggae beat, mbaqanga soul ... the world." This message permeates his shows and his excellent new album, his first to be ... released in this country, Prisoner. The album showcases Dube's soul/reggae and thoughtful lyrics. The ...
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LA explained in music
Norm Dixon Rarely does a day go by lately that this album doesn't end up blasting out from my ... stereo. Musically, lyrically and politically, it is one of the most infectious records I've had the ... culture and politics of the Klan thrive and untold damage is done to people's lives. Buckwheat ...
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Insight or insanity?
is sometimes compelling and the music has been skilfully woven into the 15 stories, but the album ... politics. Burroughs challenged the dominant ideas of the time. He was not shy about launching attacks on ... anything from accepted literature styles to the politics of Nixon and the existence of the CIA. He was ...
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The lament of the exile
Oryema's beautifully crafted album. Lazy or ignorant record company publicists and even lazier music ... challenges the listener. Beat the Border, Oryema's follow-up to his debut album Exile, is a mellow blend ... (WOMAD) festivals throughout Europe. His first album, Exile, appeared on Peter Gabriel's ...
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Singing the history of working people
RORY McLEOD is currently on his fourth visit to Australia, promoting his new album, Travelling ... a political way. They're going more towards the right. They're not as bad or as right wing as the ... production of your latest album Travelling Home? I produced it myself. It's a kind of vision I've ...
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Old and new, both good
by Melanie Sjoberg Judy Small's latest album, produced as she turns 40, reflects a shift in ... introduction of a strong jazz influence enhances the appeal of several of the tracks. The politics include ... years of recording. Her best political and social comment includes the antiwar "Mother, Daughters, ...
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She will not lose
She will not lose More Ways Than One By Arramaieda An album of voice and percussion Natural ... "political" in the narrow sense. Most overtly political are the anthemic "Ella's Song" (We who ...
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Still our Bill?
Worker's Playtime (1988), to The Internationale, the tribute to his political and folk-music roots. The new ... album is a further step towards production values and pop sensibility, epitomised in the Johnny ... themes of politics, love, relationships and football. Live, at Sydney's State Theatre on May 15, the ...
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Radio highlights
program reports on the major obstacle to democracy in the country — political violence. Woods asks how ... around and just how many albums has it released? Tune in and find out. Presented by Jo-Anne Killen. ...