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What Does a 21st Century Protest Song Sound Like?

James David Morgan wrote this post at 1:08 pm on July 25th, 2008.

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Another Limited Rebellion says:

Another Protest Song asks “What does a 21st century protest song sound like?” Created by audio activists Angel Nevarez and Valerie Tevere of NeuroTransmitter, the site encourage musicians to add to a Creative Commons licensed database of political songs and share in the debate of what the power of music can do for today’s political climate. Check out recent entries or share your own works HERE.

It’s inspired me to finally mix my cover of Simon & Garfunkel’s “7 O’Clock News / Silent Night” and submit it.  I’ll also make the MP3 available here on Groundswell when it’s ready.  In the meantime, the song War Cry featured on Another Protest Song is well worth the listen – can anybody identify who the artist is?

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