Do you think there's no good protest music these days? So did I, until I started looking for it. The truth is, it's always been out there, but it's sometimes a bit difficult to find. Every month, I search it out, listen to it all, then round up the best of it that relates to that month's political news. Here's the round-up for September 2022. workerandparasite.jpg 1. WORKER &
Mehdi Rajabian has spent years in prison, lived through solitary confinement and endured hunger strikes just to put his music out in the world. His latest album It Arrives puts his life on the line once again.
If go back to Iran, handcuffs are waiting for me, says Nikan Khosravi, frontman of heavy metal band Confess. It could be 20 years, it could be execution - I don't know. Going back to Iran is definitely not an option.
On a recent October evening, hundreds of music industry influencers gathered in Beverly Hills to talk Israel, peace and music at an event that Creative Community for Peace (CCFP) put together.