Folk: Political and Type: Vocal
PAUL ROBESON: The Peace Arch Concerts
Paul Robeson was a famous African-American athlete, singer, actor, and one of the first and foremost leaders in the causes of civil rights for people around the world.
CD price: $17.99
MILI BERMEJO: De Tierra
Pan-American music, jazz-influenced, content-based lyrics sung in Spanish, original compositions
Recommended if you like Mercedes Sosa, Abbey Lincoln.CD price: $12.97
IN PROCESS...: In Process...
Thse songs are not top 40 but they are top priority. Freedom Songs, Sprituals, Congregational and Original Compositions higlight current issues are sung a cappella
Recommended if you like Sweet Honey in the Rock.CD price: $12.97
JANET BATES AND INSTRUMENTS OF CHANGE: The colours will come back
Contemporary folk, with some celtic, and some bluegrass feel to it, stong words, great harmonies
CD price: $15.00 / MP3 price: $15.00
COPPER WIMMIN: American Tyranny
"When i first heard copper wimmin i knew music was safe in the hands of the next generation." -rhiannon
CD price: $16.00
HEALY & JURAVICH: Tangled In Our Dreams
Acoustic album of original duets about work, love, struggle and peace with tight vocal harmonies.
CD price: $15.00 / MP3 price: $15.00
PATTY KAKAC: Heart of a Woman
Patty Kakac's first album featuring I'm Just a Farmer and her signature song, Heart of a Woman.
MP3 price: $12.97
COPPER WIMMIN: The Right To Be Here
While comparisons to Ani Difranco and Sweet Honey in the Rock are flattering, diverse influences and taste dictate a sound that is unparalleled in current folk and popular music.
CD price: $15.00 / MP3 price: $15.00
CIRCO ZERO: Circle
Subversively patriotic folk electronica celebrating the roots music of the Southeastern United States: Appalachian & African American songs of death, work, struggle and play.
CD price: $15.00
IRINA RIVKIN: Upwelling
Gutsy poetic vocal world originals with textured harmonies and insightful lyrics that bite back
CD price: $15.00 / MP3 price: $15.00
CAROLE GLENN: We Cry For America
This is a song in protest of government corruption, corporate greed, and the betrayal of America. It was created out of frustration with the present state of American politics.
CD price: $5.00 / MP3 price: $1.00
SIX LABOR CHORUSES: The Great Choral Convergence Live!
Choral arrangements sung by working people sharing labor and union songs, folk and gospel, topical and traditional music.
Recommended if you like Holly Near, Pete Seeger & Woody Guthrie.CD price: $14.99
SPUTNIK WEAZEL & THE TEASING POWER OF LEENA: Hungry Ghost Blues
A vocal treat; tight vocal arrangements backed up by solid 'new wave' guitars and drums... "There are few albums that I can say I like every single track on, this is definitely one of them." (Garry Lee - The Overflow Radio Show)
CD price: $9.98 / MP3 price: $9.98
RON DALTON: Half
Acoustic storyteller with a rich troubadour voice who paints with musical passion while weaving a lyrical spell that lingers in your heart. A voice that resonates in your soul.
CD price: $13.97
RACHEL CROSS: Dream Land
Modern folk-pop synthesis spiced with world music and jazz flavors.
CD price: $14.99 / MP3 price: $14.99
LINDA LEWELLYN: Blind Eye
A powerful, haunting song about a woman who loses her husband in Iraq... a call to end the war.
CD price: $5.00 / MP3 price: $5.00
DAVID IPPOLITO: Common Ground
A fresh look at love and politics in 2004. His storytelling song style has often been compared to James Taylor and Billy Joel.
CD price: $18.97 / MP3 price: $18.97
KIM & REGGIE HARRIS AND MAGPIE: Guide My Feet
A stunning album of depth, social vision, and joyous celebration of the human spirit.
CD price: $15.00
ATHENA REICH: Athena Under Attack
A haunting, evocative and edgy rock opera about 9/11, cycles of violence, and the necessity for peace. Gorgeous piano and vocal arrangements.
CD price: $12.00 / MP3 price: $12.00
BEV GRANT: We Were There! Songs of Women's Labor History
A blend of original and traditional songs about women's labor history, including the anthemic title track, written by Bev Grant.
CD price: $15.00 / MP3 price: $15.00
BROOKLYN WOMEN'S CHORUS: The Power of Song
Directed by Bev Grant, the Brooklyn Women's Chorus sings both original and traditional songs with a social justice message on a musically rich, professionally produced and beautifully packaged cd.
CD price: $15.00 / MP3 price: $15.00
KRISTI COWLES: Shagbark Hickory Spirit
These original compositions are eco-feminist, eco-spirital gems, sung with a primal energy that is refreshing and powerful.
CD price: $16.95 / MP3 price: $16.95
PETER KWIEK: Killing Again (13 Songs about our way of life)
Sweet and sour accoustic sounds under strong and funny words comprise these tragic-comic songs of reckoning to war-mongering elites and other fellow Americans.
CD price: $14.01 / MP3 price: $14.01
ANNE FEENEY: Union Maid
Utah Phillips calls her "the best labor singer in North America." 23 great songs.
CD price: $14.99 / MP3 price: $12.99
BARBARA ROBINETTE: Living in Dangerous Times
Contemporary themes on issues of our times with a warm inviting vocal and tasty guitar ranging from rock to jazz to folk.
TED SMITH: Dispatch from the Border
Angry, multidimensional, ravishing lyrics with green leaves and wet, lonely cityscapes.
Recommended if you like Tom Waits, Van Morrison & Bob Dylan.CD price: $12.00
JERRY ERNST: Night March to Gettysburg
Popular and folk songs from the time of the Civil War, from original sources, on authentic instruments. These are all songs mentioned in the regimental history of the 140th NYV.
CD price: $12.00 / MP3 price: $12.00
JERRY ERNST: In Love & War
In Love & War is a collection of documented authentic songs from the time of the Civil War and before, performed in the style of the day.
CD price: $12.00 / MP3 price: $12.00
