Flavor: Outspoken Dissections of the Status Quo

Left-leaning musicians/activists with some serious light to shed on the dark corners of reality. If you REALLY want to know what's going on around you and behind closed doors, this is the "music with a message" you need to hear. Wake up and smell the truth.

STEVIE HARRIS: Disappeared In The USA
political soul music, modern r&b with an independent style and mindset.
Recommended if you like Prince, Jeff Buckley, Bill Withers.
CD price: $12.97 / MP3 price: $12.97
HARVEY ARDEN: My Life Is My Sun Dance
The Words of Leonard Peltier in a Spoken-Word Performance by Harvey Arden with haunting original music by Rev. Goat Carson, George Ingmire, Harry Lenz and Michael Voelker--'New Orleans Light'
CD price: $15.00 / MP3 price: $15.00
BLACKFIRE: One Nation Under
Passionate High Energy Social Political Native American Fireball Punk. Featuring Joey Ramone.
Recommended if you like Rage Against the Machine, Fugazi, Ramones.
CD price: $13.00 / MP3 price: $13.00
GEORGE EARTH: Love Songs
Multi-genre po-fi lovesongs from guitarist/producer George Earth (ex switchblade symphony guitar,angel corpus- christi guitar, red elvises theremin)
Recommended if you like Beck, Ween.
CD price: $12.97 / MP3 price: $12.97
UNITED SHEEP: United Sheep
Acoustic troubadours Steffon & Arlette Moody stylistically romp all over the Red, White & Blue. A searing "Full Monty" on American politics.
Recommended if you like Ani DiFranco, Randy Newman, Dan Bern.
CD price: $10.00 / MP3 price: $10.00
R-THREE: Perceptual Distortion
R-Three apply a synaesthetic sensibility to a diverse pallete of acoustic, electronic & hybrid instrumentation creating music bittersweetly poignant, with flavors both familiar & strange. Like Thomas Dolby, Brian Eno, Talk Talk, David Sylvian.
Recommended if you like John Lennon, Peter Gabriel, Talk Talk, Thomas Dolby, Brian Eno, David Sylvian.
MP3 price: $12.99
ALIX OLSON: Built Like That
a feminist spoken word folky hip-hop extravaganza, backed by such musical talents as Catie Curtis and Pamela Means.
Recommended if you like Ani DiFranco.
CD price: $16.00 / MP3 price: $16.00
BLACKFIRE: Woody Guthrie Singles - Limited Edition!
Blackfire, Native American award winning alter-Native punk trio of 2 brothers and their sister, interpret unreleased Woody Guthrie lyrics, connecting the the past and present movements of socially conscious music. Limited Edition CD single.
Recommended if you like Woody Guthrie, Ramones.
HIMALAYAN PROJECT: The Middle Passage
Next level hip hop from a global perspective. Touching on political topics like immigration, religion, capitalism and global imperialism while still managing to rip the mic with the same fury that made them an underground classic in the first place.
Recommended if you like The Roots, Mos Def, Hieroglyphics.
CD price: $12.99 / MP3 price: $12.99
PAMELA MEANS: Pearls
Arguably the only Boston-based, out folkie whose punchy political songs have worn a hole in her guitar.
Recommended if you like Ani DiFranco, Melissa Ferrick, Alix Olson.
MP3 price: $14.00
MANSAVEMAN: Squash
Loud Rock n Roll with more than the usual topics to sing about.
Recommended if you like Nancy, Reagan, Pope.
CD price: $5.00 / MP3 price: $1.00
MANSAVEMAN: Cool Molecules
Rock 'n' Roll with loud guitars, melodic bass, and some organ and horns thrown in.
Recommended if you like Nirvana, Jane's Addiction, The Smashing Pumpkins.
CD price: $5.00
CONSOLIDATED: Dropped
West coast based activist recording and performing group continues to combine industrial beats with funk and rock influences to deliver a hard dose of political/human reality. Album nominated for afim alt rock album of the year. (1998)
Recommended if you like Jimi Hendrix, Front 242, Curtis Mayfield.
CD price: $10.00 / MP3 price: $10.00
CONSOLIDATED: Tikkun; Survivor Demos
West coast activist recording and performing project continue their musical odyssey with more songs for the human race. reality rock.
Recommended if you like Jimi Hendrix, Front 242, Curtis Mayfield.
MP3 price: $12.00
ROCHELL D. HART / RO DEEZY: P-I-M-P (Poetic Intellectual Making Progress)
"Hart reveals the power and beauty, as well as the flaws of her world ... she stands out as an original and intelligent voice struggling free from a crowd of one-dimensional stereotypes." Cris Day, Willamette Week Music Critic
Recommended if you like 2Pac, The Roots, Erykah Badu, Jill Scott, dead prez, Cherish.
CD price: $7.00 / MP3 price: $7.00
VARIOUS: Gascd
An eclectic mix of some of North America's most celebrated and creative artists, with a collective mission statement to help promote the awareness of the social and environmental impact of corporate globalization.
Recommended if you like Ani DiFranco, Bruce Cockburn, Michael Franti.
CD price: $15.00
JOHN TRUDELL: Bone Days
Spoken word that weaves from Native to rock to middle eastern-twinged, with traditional vocals underlying John's intense, forthright message.
THE SONS-IN LAW OF THE DAUGHTERS OF THE UTAH PIONEERS: Olympvs Rex And Other Greek Tragedies In Utah
Political and cultural satire to music. Targets: Utah, Sundance Film Festival, Olympics, Aryan Nations, BLM, and Bugs
Recommended if you like Tom Lehrer.
CD price: $14.00 / MP3 price: $14.00
CLAIRE STADTMUELLER, MICHAEL STRAUSS: Sweet Peace
Sweet Peace is a moving collection of international classical songs that celebrate peace or express the tragedy of war. These elegant and emotional works connect us to the human side of history that inspired their creation, yet speak to us as powerfull
Recommended if you like Dawn Upshaw, Renée Fleming, Sylvia McNair.
CD price: $12.99
EBONY WASHINGTON: Revolutionary Kind of Girl EP
A spoken word artist who turns social commentary into art; a wide variety of music including alternative hip hop to underscore her powerful delivery and passion.
Recommended if you like Nikki Giovanni.
GEORGE MANN AND JULIUS MARGOLIN (AND FRIENDS): Hail to the Thief! Songs for the Bush Years.
ATTENTION: THIS IS THE FIRST "HAIL" CD (2001) -- BRAND NEW "Hail to the Thieves, Volume III" (9/06) and "Hail II" are also on CDBABY. What are you afraid of? The CD that takes on Dubya and his stolen election. Great Folk Music.
Recommended if you like Billy Bragg, Woody Guthrie, Phil Ochs.
CD price: $12.99
CORRY HANNA: Old Road Gone
Real electric and acoustic guitar playin' singer-songwriter stuff-Northern California style-like a blend of indie and classic rock, spiced with political and social messages. No drum machines. Real players.
Recommended if you like The Beatles, Eric Clapton, Jackson Browne.
CD price: $9.99 / MP3 price: $9.99
ONEWORDSOLUTION: Portrait of a Decrepit Nation
Straight-forward, forthright political punk rock with conviction, questioning the future of our nation beyond the after-effects of terrorism.
CD price: $5.00 / MP3 price: $5.00
SETI AMUN RA JAKADA: DomestiKKK Terrorizm
Scared of The New World Order?? Well too phuckin bad because it's here. This must hear CD is a perfect example of Malcolm X being quoted that "chickens come home to roost", it puts the mirror in front of AmeriKKKa's face in an extremely unique fashion.
Recommended if you like Public Enemy, George Carlin, KRS-One.
TONY PALMER & BREEDS: See You At The Knee
Native American / Tribal Rock-n-Bluez with a razor sharp political edge Nominated for BEST BLUES RECORDING in the 4th annual Native American Music Awards. This highly political and innovative release has gatherered airplay on over 160 stations nationwide
Recommended if you like Indigenous, Robbie Robertson, John Trudell, Santana.
MP3 price: $13.00