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    Paul Metsa
     
    Mississippi Farewell
    Dylanesque wordplay in folk, jazz, blues, and rock and roll styles.
    Folk: Political
     
     
    Radon, This Bike is a Pipe Bomb, Vaginasore Jr. & King Friday
     
    Fast Crowd 4way #2
    This is Four punk/pop/folk bands with ties to Florida's early nineties scene that exploded to create bands like Hot Water Music, Less Than Jake and Against Me.
    Folk: Political
     
     
    Fred Gardner
     
    Proposition 215 (The Doctors Who Believed Their Patients)
    Topical songs by a writer who has been covering the medical marijuana movement.
    Folk: Political
     
     
    Public Interest
     
    Neverland
    Dedicated to rocking out for a reason, playing music with meaning
    Folk: Political
     
     
    Anne Feeney & Chris Chandler
     
    Live from the Wholly Stolen Empire
    Folken Word rendered by Chris Chandler ("this man is dangerous" ... Washington Post)and Anne Feeney ("the best labor singer in North America" ... Utah Phillips).
    Folk: Political
     
     
    Veronique Riviere
     
    Eponyme
    An important french singer
    Folk: Political
     
     
    James Keelaghan
     
    Timelines (digital)
    Singer/Songwriter
    Folk: Political
     
     
    Still On the Hill
     
    Mouthpeace
    A collection of songs of peace and justice that this acclaimed Arkansas folkgrass duo has been performing for years, but until now, not included on their CDs.
    Folk: Political
     
     
    The Robben Island Singers
     
    Stories from South Africa's Freedom Struggle
    To free their country from Apartheid, three ordinary teenagers took up arms and joined the MK. They met as political prisoners on Robben Island, where Nelson Mandela was also serving a life sentence. Listen to their stories of struggle and life in prison.
    Folk: Political
     
     
    Daniel Mackler
     
    Songs From The Locked Ward
    Blunt, often humorous protest music against the horrors of psychiatry and psych meds.
    Folk: Political
     
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    Betsy Rose
    Welcome To The Circle
    Original and Contemporary Folk, Women's Music, Choral (Women's Voices), Healing, Political,
    Betsy Rose is a singer and writer whose insight, warmth, humor, wit and wisdom, have added a wealth of songs to the world of folk and progressive music for over thirty years. Artists such as Pete Seeger, Ronnie Gilbert, Sally Rogers, Chris Williamson and the Bobbi McFerron inspired vocal group SOVOSO have sung and/or recorded her songs. Contemporary cultural visionaries such as Thich Nhat Hanh, Matthew Fox, and Joanna Macy include her music in their work. Betsy has traveled widly, throughout the United States and Canada and to India, Australia and the Czech Republic. She has sung at festivals, ecological conferences and conferences such as California Early Childhood Educators State Conference, spiritual gatherings, and with organizations such as La Leche League, Association of Humanistic Psychology, Omega Institute, and AIDS and Hospice services. Recently, Betsy's many years as a singer for peace and justice are finding a new expression through the Bay Area Singing for Peace project. As the world changes, the energy from singing has brought many together and helped heal us in our toubled times. Personally Speaking... Along with her work in Singing for Peace, Betsy Rose is available for concerts, conferences, in-service and keynote speaker roles at schools and early childhood education programs. Her music and leadership is of particular interest to: parenting professional, family counselors, educators, midwives and others attending to the birth process, spiritual gatherings and conferences, special education professionals.
    Folk: Political
     
    Dick Fariña & Eric von Schmidt
    Dick Fariña & Eric von Schmidt
    Folk: Political
     
    Anne Feeney
    Dump the Bosses Off Your Back
    Folk: Political
     
    MUSE - Cincinnati's Women's Choir
    Growing Into Our Roots
    Folk: Political
     
    Holly Near with emma's revolution
    We Came to Sing!
    Folk: Political
     

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      Top Songs

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      1.
      George Orwell's 113th. Dream
      Mike Beck
      Folk: Political
       
       
      2.
      I Want You
      Mike Beck
      Folk: Political
       
       
      3.
      Oildale
      Mike Beck
      Folk: Political
       
       
      4.
      Rock and Roll Cowgirl
      Mike Beck
      Folk: Political
       
       
      5.
      Mammary Glands
      Kristin Lems
      Folk: Political
       
       
      6.
      Wood, Stone, Feather and Bone
      Joules Graves
      Folk: Political
       
       
      7.
      Quite Like This
      Mike Beck
      Folk: Political
       
       
      8.
      Drug Store Truck Drivin' Man
      Mike Beck
      Folk: Political
       
       
      9.
      Meth
      Mike Beck
      Folk: Political
       
       
      10.
      The Nitrogen Cycle Song
      Amy Bronson
      Folk: Political