Since my daughter’s birth a year ago, my music as well as my musical tastes have changed. My angst and anger are sharpened by my dreams for my daughter but tempered by the lessons I know I must teach her. While I want her to understand she must stand for something, it’s how [...]

Mikel Derby kindly sent along the link to more protest music: Thomas Pace. His website includes some audio so check out “Thanksgiving 1969″ to hear a bit of frustration.
I wish I could say more but I’m also tuned into WTIC to hear a little bit of Jim, Sparky and Will Kimbrough. Tomorrow’s [...]

OK folks. I’m looking for good protest music. People who agree that we’re on the wrong track.
My first contestant is fellow Hoosiers Kit Malone and the American Arsonists. They have a quaint little rambler called “Dear John Mellencamp” which is sort of a talking blues number with a recurring nod to Mellencamp’s [...]

Recently I’ve been writing protest music which requires me to know what actually angers me. These days it seems like I’ve grown into some kind of mellow anger about the political situation. Perhaps “anger” isn’t even the right work for what I feel–more like a deep sorrow.
Just today I popped in the DVD [...]