Folk, Protest MusicOld Timer in Isan
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When protest is now longer allowed, what then? Selection of protest music 1950s-present.

The current crackdown on certain modes of dissident action in the West, particularly environmental protest, signals a new era of totalitarianism & suppression of expression. A whole series of legislation, beginning in the 80s, have eroded & removed many of the rights that were formerly taken for granted while the cursed tranfer of power known as privatisation has leeched society and bled regular people dry. That heads of governments are seen to overtly collude with commercial titans & media moguls only reinforces the prevailing mood of helpess futility & inevitability, a feeling reinforced by economic neccessity and, crucially, the law. Criminal injustice at every level & on all fronts. Traditions of musical resistance that have roots stretching back into antiquity & beyond have always persevered through commercial constraints & governmental censorship but may be under threat now as never before in this time of social media censorship & prosecutions - right now when the need for protest, reliable information & action is greater than ever. Free to say what we want... just so long as we have nothing to say!

A predominantly folk themed collection spiced up with a few different flavours

Incantation - On The Wing Of A Condor (1982) Leon Rosselson - Freedom From Freedom Intro (1968) Richard & Linda Thompson - The Choice Wife (1978) Ben Harper - Excuse Me Mister (1995) Madeleine Peyroux - I Think It's Going to Rain Today (2007) Martin Carthy - Famous Flower Of Serving Men (1972) Ben Harper - All That Has Grown (2016) Bob Dylan - Long Ago, Far Away (1962) Dick Gaughan - Ballad Of Accounting (1976) Neil Young - John Oakes (2016) Steeleeye Span - Fighting For Strangers (1976) Martin Carthy - Cold Haily Windy Night (1971) Dick Gaughan - Thomas Muir Of Huntershill (1988) June Tabor - All Our Trades Are Gone (1991) John Jacob Niles - The Gypsy Laddie (1950s) The Poison Girls - Stonehenge (1985) The Pogues - The Birmingham Six (1988) Chumbawamba - Justice Injustice (1994) Andy White - The Guildford Four (1990) Holly Tannen - The World Turned Upside Down (1983) Dick Gaughan - No Gods & Precious Few Heroes (1996) Leon Rosselson & Roy Bailey - Stand Up For Judas (1977) Crass - Reality Asylum (1979) Ralph McTell - Rizraklaru/Gates Of Eden (1975/2006) Richard & Linda Thompson - The Sun Never Shines On The Poor (1974) Pete Constantini - Mock Beggar Hall/Richard Thompson - Dargai (1975) Bert Jansch - Step Back (1995) Lindisfarne - Dingly Dell (1972) Cat Stephens - King Of Trees (1974) June Tabor - The Merchant's Son (1976) Martin Carthy - And A-Begging I Will Go (1965) Timothy Walsh - My Son Tim/Tim Hart & Maddy Prior - My Son John (1961/69) Swan Arcade - Children's Crusade (2001) Pete Seeger - Waist Deep In The Big Muddy (1967) AJ Lloyd - The Unfortunate Rake (1956) Richard & Linda Thompson - Night Comes In (1975) Incantation - Dolencias (1982) Tiger Moth - Nail That Stoat (1996) The Levellers - What You Know (1990) Beth Orton, Bert Jansch & Devendra Banhart - Katie Cruel (2006) Ben Harper - Don't Take That Attitude To The Grave (1994) Janis Ian - Society's Child/Baby, I've Been Thinking (1965) Ralph McTell - Streets Of London (1975) The Levellers - Cardboard Box City (1990) Natalie Merchant - There Is No Good Reason (2006) Ben Harper - Give A Man A Home (1995) Leon Rosselson - High In Control Rooms Outtro (1974)