music
Billy Bragg and Maxine Peake: Jarama Valley/Brigadista
April 25, 2012Jarama Valley, the song inspired by one of the key battles of the Spanish civil war, gets another lease of life on a new CD marking the 75th anniversary of the conflict.
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Golden Gods awards: Damien Echols, musicians speak out
April 12, 2012These teenagers were vilified simply because they looked and dressed differently, and listened to heavy metal.
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Bands want music pulled from Limbaugh’s “right-wing clown show”
March 14, 2012"Our response: Hey, stop using our music on your racist, misogynist, right-wing clown show."
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Van Halen’s new pro-union ‘Tattoo’
February 28, 2012Classic rockers Van Halen are back with their first new studio album ("A Different Kind of Truth") in 14 years. And the album's lead single, "Tattoo," is a pretty important pro-union shout-out.
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Happy birthday, Marian Anderson! (with video)
February 27, 2012Mariann Anderson, the great contralto, perhaps the most renowned of the 20th century, would have been 115 years old today.
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