#music-and-politics
#music-and-politics
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fromSFGATE
2 weeks agoAfter jab at ICE, Green Day plays it safe at Super Bowl show
Green Day played a Super Bowl set with no hijinks, save for a bleeped-out expletive. On Sunday, the East Bay band's performance kicked off the Super Bowl opening ceremony. As past Super Bowl MVPs took the field, Green Day opened with a rendition of "Good Riddance (Time of Your Life)," supported with live strings.
Music
fromAdvocate.com
1 month agoEditor's Letter: "It's Hard Enough Being Human"
Just before casting my vote in the 2024 election in my hometown in South Carolina, I turned on Brandi Carlile's "The Joke" from her album By the Way I Forgive You, which was written in the aftermath of Donald Trump's 2016 win. I needed to listen to it before I went into the voting booth. Carlile's soaring vocals and poignant lyrics about hope in the face of persecution comforted me as I pulled into the parking lot of a former Walmart turned megachurch that served as my polling station. I parked my Subaru and cried, singing along between quiet sobs.
US politics
Left-wing politics
fromwww.theguardian.com
5 months agoMy cultural awakening: an Asian Dub Foundation song gave me the courage to take a stand against racism
A CD single by Asian Dub Foundation sparked lifelong activism by exposing Satpal Ram's case and connecting music, personal fear, and family anti-racist history.
London music
fromIrish Independent
10 months agoHusband of murdered Tory MP says Kneecap apology not 'particularly genuine' as group's Glastonbury set called into question
The band's provocative comments about Tory MPs and calls for violence have ignited controversy and condemnation from political figures and public officials.
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