Rouhani compares Trump to Shah of Iran President Hassan Rouhani said in a recent speech that despite all the pressure, US policy toward Iran has failed.
Iranian women wearing protective masks amid the COVID-19 pandemic walk past a mural painted on the outer walls of the former US Embassy in the capital, Tehran, on Dec. 30, 2020.
January 14, 2021
President Donald Trump s second impeachment, on his way out from office, comes as Iranian President Hassan Rouhani has continued to speak out about Trump’s legacy, particularly the US leader s “maximum pressure” policy against Iran.
Speaking Jan. 13 on the anniversary of when Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, the last shah of Iran, fled the country for good, Rouhani said that the shah s departure marked the end of colonialism in Iran and that Trump’s departure marks the “end of another dictator in America.” Rouhani said Trump’s election loss is not just the transfer of one government to another but shows that “bullying,
Freeway Bound preceded It Feels Good) in favor of socio-political statements anchored in a roots-oriented, gospel-soaked sound. The new album’s 10 tracks address racial injustice, division, violence and police brutality.
“Now I’m 48, but I was young when I did those albums. I had handlers telling me what I should do, and I was writing from a different space,” Marks says. “I had a lot of lightheartedness back then, but I’ve experienced so much that I can t afford to be lighthearted anymore. I have to be truthful and honest all the way in my music.”
Our Country’s origin story begins in late 2019, after Marks dreamed she had reunited with The Resurrectors musicians Justin Phipps and Steve Wyreman, former bandmates she hadn’t seen in more than a decade. On a whim, Marks reached out to Phipps.
Rolling Stone Miko Marks Was Rebuffed by Nashville in the 2000s. She’s Back With a Bold New Album
“They’re like, ‘We don’t think there’s a place for you, ” says the singer-songwriter, who gears up for ‘Our Country,’ her first full-length in 13 years
By Beto Lopez, Mooncricket Films
In the mid-2000s, Miko Marks was trying to make a serious run at mainstream country stardom. She put out a pair of albums, 2005’s
Freeway Bound and 2007’s
It Feels Good, posing in a cowboy hat for both cover images, and showed herself to be a skillful singer who was cutting the kind of palatable country-pop that worked at country radio.
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Electric Company, an Akron based recording studio, creative collective and record label, released an album called Solo to support local artists during this time.
It’s been nearly one year since the coronavirus pandemic shut down the live music scene. We listen back to a compilation album that an Akron record company produced during Ohio’s lockdown last spring.
Electric Company, an Akron-based recording studio, creative collective and record label, released an album called Solo in 2020 to support local artists. The album contains nine tracks recorded by participating solo artists in their own homes.
Showcasing new songs by affected artists
Rissi Palmer is a passionate voice for country artists of color and those who have been marginalized in mainstream country music. When The Boot asked her to curate a list of songs that are essential to know going into the new year, she delivered a strong and exceptionally diverse list of artists and songs, some of which might otherwise escape fans attention.
Palmer debuted with Country Girl in 2007, making her the first Black female country singer to chart a single on Billboard s Hot Country Songs chart in 20 years. She released her most personal material to date on 2019 s Revival