Fourteenth in a series of posts about protest music for the current crisis. The Bogmen in the nineties. Unless you're from Metropolitan New York, you probably haven't heard of the Bogmen. The band was a phenom in The City in the nineties, but their albums got caught in the meat grinder of label uncertainty about what to do with music that didn't fit neatly into any category. Tour with Kiss? Not a great idea. Tour with the Bare Naked Ladies, or Rusted Root? Neither was a g

Dick Gaughan when he was still performing. Thirteenth in a series of posts about protest music for the current crisis. The irony is undeniable. The Celtic Music record label in Britain, at one point, championed the release of music which deserved, but had previously not found an audience. Now the label is being legally challenged by Dick Gaughan , renowned Scottish singer and songwriter, to reclaim rights to albums of his music once released on the label. These days, Celti

The Yeats Society, Sligo, Ireland. My back was to the Yeats Society Building when I heard the chanting from O’Connell Street in Sligo.  I saw a festive set of tricolors being held aloft, and I pulled my phone to take a photo of what I first thought was a parade celebrating Irish heritage. “Whose country?” a man with a toy megaphone shouted at the head of the assembled marchers.  “Our country,” the marchers replied. I put my phone back in my pocket when I realized the parade c

Twelfth in a series of Protest Music for the Current Crisis Karine Polwart I've been remiss in keeping up this series of protest songs...

Eleventh in a series of posts about Protest Music for the current crisis. Mary Anne Vecchio mourns the murder of Kent State student...

In my long life, I've been at hundreds of concerts. I've enjoyed most of them. Been underwhelmed by a few. But there are a handful...

The archive of my conversation with Rob Rosenthal, the John E. Andrus Professor Emeritus at Wesleyan University, and author of the books...

Tenth in a series of posts about Protest Music for the Current Crisis. Always, razor sharp lyrics from Eliza Gilkyson. Somewhere in...

The interview with singer-songwriter Bryan Titus is now in the archives. Bryan talks about his songs from the (Appalachian) trail, and...

If you missed Steve Nystrup and Maureen Wasik talking with me about the new protest single Blitzkrieg Baby , from legendary CT band,...

Ninth in a series of posts about Protest Music for the Current Crisis This song, Christmastime in Washington , has been on my Profane...

Eighth in a series of posts about Protest Music for the Current Crisis. One could wish fervently that this song would never have to be...

Seventh in a series of posts about Protest Music for the Current Crisis A formal pose. If you haven't seen Tyler Childers performing live...

Lovers, producers, bandmates and friends. Geoffrey Himes is a career music writer for publications like The Washington Post, Rolling...

The new album. There's a family of artistic geniuses living down on the broad Louisiana prairies of South Louisiana. Ann Savoy is the...

Sixth in a Series of posts about Protest Music for the Current Crisis. Early Ani. I saw Ani DiFranco perform at the beginning of her...

Fifth in a series of posts about Protest Music for the Current Crisis. More than twenty-one years ago The Guardian quoted Rickie Lee...

This week got away from me, so I'm just a bit late promoting my chats with Charmaine Wilkerson and Andrew James Greig. Wilkerson's...

Protest Music For the Current Crisis, Part Four. I've been working and walking and protesting with a lot of folks my age lately who were...

Gary Clark jr bending strings. Protest Music For The Current Crisis, Part 3. Gary Clark jr. is a Grammy-winning, prolific singer and...