Music

“I’d like people to understand my life’s work better—my music, and especially what Islam means to me. Islam is a religion of peace and tolerance.”read more

My guest this week is the singer songwriter Sean Michael Dargan, with his new CD “Snap Your Fingers and Stomp Your Feet.”

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My guests this week are David Rovics and Anne Feeney, two of the best and most political folksingers in America today.

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The band members have evolved from one-time punk jesters to creative activists. They have become tough-minded advocates for democracy.read more

My guest this week is Fred Ho, a scholar on the politics of African Americans and Asian Americans, as well as an innovative jazz musician.

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The loss of Miriam Makeba is a blow to music lovers and human rights activists the world over.read more

A 2005 interview with Si Kahn, a folksinger, activist, author, and organizer. I spoke with him about his life, his music, and the keys to becoming a good organizer.

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A 2006 interview with feminist folksinger Ani DiFranco. We talked about resurgent patriarchy, and about her album, "Reprieve."

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My guest is Michael Franti, the musician, poet, human rights activist, and filmmaker. He's the leader of the band Spearhead, and now he's made a film called "I Know I'm Not Alone," about his travels to Iraq, Israel, and the Occupied Territories. In my interview with him, we talk about his experience making that film, and he sings a new, unrecorded song, "See You in the Light."

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My guest this week is protest singer Jordan Page.

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The labor organizer and folk singer Utah Phillips died on May 23.

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(Matthew Rothschild, editor of The Progressive magazine, conducted this interview with Laurie Anderson on April 14 for Progressive Radio.read more

My guest this week is the performance artist and singer/songwriter Laurie Anderson.

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Date Recorded: January 11, 2006

This week's guests are Catherine Capellaro and Andrew Rohn, the creators of "Walmartopia: The Musical." We talk about this current production, as well as their previous one, "Temp Slave."

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Date Recorded: November 17, 2005

This week's guest is folksinger Eliza Gilkyson, whose latest album is "Paradise Hotel." She talks about her evolution toward more political songwriting, and she gives a rocking performance of her anti-Bush anthem "Man of God."

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Free download! Eliza Gilkyson's live acoustic performance of "Man of God" on Progressive Radioread more