Blues » Type: Political
HANS THEESSINK: Slow Train
World traditional folk blues
Recommended if you like Ry Cooder, ladysmith black mombasa.CD price: $16.99
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)
CD price: $10.00 / MP3 price: $10.00
SIKSIK NATION: Eight Styles to the Unholy
A garage blues rock band from Detroit with dance beats and catchy melodies.
Recommended if you like Joy Division, Black Rebel Motorcycle Club.CD price: $10.00 / MP3 price: $10.00
ALDER ST. ALLSTARS: Alder St. Allstars
Totally independent, radical honky-tonk with a decidedly bluesy edge. Perfect for the politically minded Americana fan.
CD price: $9.00
JANIE AND JOE: Postcards From A Tiny American Town
In a world of pre-packaged "muzak" this music is refreshing, unpolished and real. Heartfelt,soulful vocals, eternally searing and resonant lyrics in a bed of amazing acoustic and electric guitars and other sonic surprises.
CD price: $20.00 / MP3 price: $20.00
RUSSELL MEANS: The Radical
Russell Means rocks the blues, throws in some jazz, spoken word, R&B, even a country-western selection in this politically charged smorgasbord of eclectic musical styles featuring the blistering guitar work of Chris Pinnick (Chicago)
CD price: $12.97 / MP3 price: $12.97
KIMON: Songs of the Revolution
Protest Singer Blues Rock
Recommended if you like Bruce Springsteen, Neil Young.CD price: $9.97
PAUL METSA: Paper Tigers
Dylanesque wordplay in folk, jazz, blues, bluegrass, and rock and roll styles. Metsa's debut album, released in 1984 to critical acclaim, is featured here in a newly remastered version.
CD price: $12.97 / MP3 price: $12.97
RAY RIVERS: Weather Makers All
Passionate folk songs about modern day issues with messages straight from the heart.
Recommended if you like Bob Dylan, Bruce Cockburn.CD price: $12.97
ABBY SMITH: Monitored For Quality Control
Mostly Blues, Jazz, Cabaret with poetically political and movingly personal content. A powerful singer with great wit and presence.
MP3 price: $17.00
BOB LANOUE: Freakin' Circus Fascist Nightmare Blues
Powerful, articulate blues vocals in an angry deep-throated indictment of a blood-soaked regime.
CD price: $6.99 / MP3 price: $1.99
RAY RIVERS: Angry Old Men
The music on this CD is as beautiful a sound as political and environmental protest songs ever get.
CD price: $12.97 / MP3 price: $12.97
JAMBODIANS (MULTI ARTIST): Jambodians
Bluegrass, Newgrass, Blues, Pop, Rock, Folk, Southern Rock, Celtic, Metal, Political
CD price: $12.97 / MP3 price: $12.97
ROD COOK AND TOAST: Troublemaker
An exquisite blend of controlled schizophrenia running the stylisitic gamut from roots-rock to blues to sensitive singer-songwriter to rockin' political rant to ambient nightmare to surf, and then some.
Recommended if you like Robben Ford, Ry Cooder & David Lindley.CD price: $13.97
CHRIS SOMMERLATTE: I'm Not An Architect
Modern folk, Christian rock, political lite, country
CD price: $5.00 / MP3 price: $5.00
JACK ERDIE: Pumpkin
Modern Folk, Acoustic Blues, Angry, Political, Gentle, Humorous
Recommended if you like John Prine, Bob Dylan & Johnny Cash.CD price: $12.97 / MP3 price: $12.97
NASHVILLE SESSION PLAYERS: Homeless In America
20 Songs plus 2 free downloads with a satirical, political & social populist progressive viewpoint; anti-war, poverty, healthcare, taxation, social security privatization, environmental, globalization, gun control & other important Human Rights issues.
Recommended if you like Steve Earle, Bob Dylan & Paul Simon.CD price: $10.00 / MP3 price: $6.00
JOEYJOHN: Days of Oz
Alternative Rock Blues
Recommended if you like Tom Waits, The Rolling Stones.MP3 price: $12.97
THE BUZZ TROUTS: Don't Pee In The Pool!
Great Guitar, blues and rock influenced, and songs most people can relate to.
CD price: $10.00
REBECCA PADULA: Fire & Water
Soulful contemporary folk with a blues streak
CD price: $15.00 / MP3 price: $14.00
JUST-TRUCKIN: Trust You
Timely political rock
Recommended if you like Janis Joplin, Santana.MP3 price: $1.00
COCKROACH PARK: Devil In The White House
Hipster, bluesy, jazzy, political,funky piano & great singing
Recommended if you like Ray Charles, Dr. John.CD price: $15.00
DON ARBOR: Salam Pax (Peace)
Like listening to a KFOG Radio set-- classic, melodic rock, pop and blues styles.
CD price: $12.97
EMMA GRAVES: Songs Of Water/Songs Of War
Fun almost americana / almost political (who are we fooling-it is political) with jazz, folk, blues and classical influenzas. Contagious foot-stomping and hip-swaying.
Recommended if you like Dar Williams, Bright Eyes.CD price: $12.97 / MP3 price: $12.97
IVAR RHODEN: Glass Elevator
Various influences from blues to bluegrass, bossa nova to swing are evident in this generally uptempo collection produced with a rock edge. Piano, organ, electric piano, violin, flute, fluglehorn and harmonica augment a guitar, bass, and drum backbone.
CD price: $11.97 / MP3 price: $6.97
THE STEELERS: Steelers Love You (featuring Obama Gonna Get It)
Steelers Love You is a collections of songs that speak of Love featuring the greatest song of the year "Obama's Going To Get It"
Recommended if you like The Impressions, The Whispers.MP3 price: $12.97
PEACEWORK: Choices
Dirty guitars jumping a freight train, two voices delivering the perfect crime, drums and bass gettin' hammered, just hammered, stickin it to the man with funky riffs only to transcend it over hot and holy back vocals. Amen.
CD price: $15.00 / MP3 price: $15.00
RALPH BUCKLEY: The 9/11 Conspiracy Blues
9/11 Conspiracy Blues (CD Release) Blues singer/songwriter Ralph Buckley introduces you to the "Blues Explosion" of FREEDOM. Songs that reflect the political climate of post 9/11 America.
CD price: $9.00 / MP3 price: $9.00
KEV CARMODY: Bloodlines
Carmody's early 90's offerings are a collection of soulful classics like From Little Things Big Things Grow - to a loud electronic influence in Freedom - this album is rich with biting comment on society.
MP3 price: $12.97
DANIEL CIOPER: George Bush is the Anti-Christ; Feel Good Songs for Revolutionaries
Featuring "We Are The Ones (We've Been Waiting For)" and "Fascist Dictator" and "George Bush is the Anti-Christ". Acoustic, hard-core political folk.
CD price: $12.97 / MP3 price: $12.97
MICHAEL RAIN: So Many Guitars So Little Time
Guitar oriented blues, rock, jazz both acoustic & electric, w/ tones of Clapton, Jeff Beck, Carlos Santana, Robert Cray, Herbie Hancock, Grover Washington Jr, etc. Vocals like Al Green, BB King, Clapton.
CD price: $12.97 / MP3 price: $12.97
THE BLACK HAND: City Will Burn
A highly sophisticated, tight-knit network of the world's top politically subversive blues, rock and soul musical masterminds.
CD price: $8.00
SWAMP DOGG: Resurrection
political/radical rock'n'roll/blues
Recommended if you like Van Morrison, Jackie Wilson.CD price: $12.97 / MP3 price: $12.97
MYSTR TREEFROG: BATS WILL SCATTER
Swampadelic Thump;heavy on the bass,slide dobro-monster, verbal muse,and hybrid bluz-rawk political evolution.
CD price: $10.00 / MP3 price: $10.00
MIKE HATTON: The Commercial Blues
Bass guitar-led blues with a political edge, Mike Hatton has created ten original songs using a stylish mix of funk, traditional R&B and pop ballad approaches.
CD price: $12.97 / MP3 price: $12.97
JAMES HIGGINS: Passing Story
Passing Story finds Higgins, the eternal hitcher, wandering through a political landscape. Continuing along the acoustic backbone of his previous album, A Drop In A Fall, it tackles issues of conservation, immigration, famine and where to sleep that night
CD price: $12.00 / MP3 price: $12.00
RAWATSON: ....come to Light
A bluesy rock, folksy funk, musical anthology as a tribute to the aftermath of 911. Jammin' with the guitar dedicated especially for the people on the frontline. A throwback of the '60s style but with the sound of the new millineum.
CD price: $7.00 / MP3 price: $7.00
DAN HOOKER: Dan Hooker Music Including The Santa Song
Political americana, 5 string banjo soulful fun creative hits.
CD price: $16.97 / MP3 price: $16.97
BRIAN BLOMMER AND THE BLUEMEN: Too Young To Feel This Old
Blues Rock with lyrical bite, emotional bite, political bite, social commentary bite.
CD price: $9.99
DAWN HUMPHREY: Enjoy The Dance
Bluesy, Celtic Mountain Folk, with a twinge of political unrest.
CD price: $12.97 / MP3 price: $12.97
MICAH ANDERSON: All That It Is
Solo artist, plenty of electric and acousic guitars intertwined with progressive blues melodies. Strong vocals and purposeful lyrics surrounding social, political and religious issues, with the occasional ballad.
CD price: $9.95 / MP3 price: $9.95
ROGER QUESNELL: Living In A Blue State
Politically incorrect blues and blues-jazz fusion.
CD price: $9.97 / MP3 price: $7.97
MITZI COWELL: Ways and Means
Hot Tucson blues guitar player gets politically riled up. Another funky, swampy, rocking, atmospheric effort from a deep thinker and feeler.
CD price: $12.00 / MP3 price: $12.00
MITCH WALKING ELK: Indians
Political/Native American contemporary Artist/Anti War/Anti-anti Indian/pro clean environment/some country/folk
CD price: $12.97
LISA MANN: Self Material
An eclectic mix of rock, pop and blues... award winning bass player and singer/songwriter Lisa Mann will take you on a journey from the deeply personal to the progressively political, with humor in between.
CD price: $12.97
MOTU: mortality and illusions
MOTU's music ranges from acoustic & electric folk/rock to Blues/Jazz styles that feature great guitar licks, jams, and lyrics that cover social, political, and other subjects about the human condition.
Recommended if you like Eric Clapton, Stevie Ray Vaughan.CD price: $10.97 / MP3 price: $10.97
JOHN REECE PROJECT: Caribbean Solitude
TOURING BLUES and MOTOWN ARTISTS collaborate with producer/saxophonist John Reece to create "Funky Smooth Jazz...."DETROIT's NEW SOUND. "The Time Has Come" contains politically charged sound bites of George Bush...
CD price: $12.97 / MP3 price: $12.97
BIG JACK JOHNSON: Live In Chicago
Swaggering, booming, resilient voice and choppy, biting guitar, reflective slow blues, funk and shuffles, political commentary with a humourous twist
CD price: $13.00
BIG JACK JOHNSON: The Oil Man
Swaggering, booming, resilient voice and choppy, biting guitar, reflective slow blues, funk and shuffles, political commentary with a humourous twist
CD price: $14.00
B. LAWRENCE KEYS: Follow The Money
Political rock - designed to evoke a dialogue about the non-sense of the NeoCons. Armed with only truth and a love for real freedom without suspending the constitution, this album asks America to question the lies and be aware of the coup occuring now.
CD price: $13.97 / MP3 price: $13.97
DENNY NEWMAN: Noah's Great Rainbow
Blues with attitude. Guitar led British blues/rock with political Dylanesque lyric content,Quotes: "the best kept secret in British blues" "a blues poet" GLR Radio "Intense guitar" Paul Jones BBC Radio live session.
CD price: $12.97 / MP3 price: $12.97
BIG JACK JOHNSON: Daddy, When Is Mama Comin Home?
Swaggering, booming, resilient voice and choppy, biting guitar, reflective slow blues, funk and shuffles, political commentary with a humourous twist
CD price: $12.00
ANNE WEISS: Crossing The Border
Funky-folk gospel blues: Political, poetic, rhythmic; brilliant lyrics and soaring vocals. A cross between Joni Mitchell and Janis Joplin.
CD price: $14.00 / MP3 price: $14.00
MEL AND VINNIE: Voodoo Blues
Smooth, warm and soulful blues. Great tone combined with intimate, ironic and humorous lyrics.
Recommended if you like J.J. Cale, Peter Green.CD price: $12.97 / MP3 price: $12.97
JIM GRANDE: Diamonds From Dust
Classic Folk Rock which touches on rock, blues, country, political, and spiritual considerations. Great songwriting and creative lead guitar.
CD price: $5.00 / MP3 price: $5.00
NASHVILLE SESSION PLAYERS: GONNA RISE UP
19 Songs plus free downloads with a satirical, political & social populist progressive viewpoint; poverty, healthcare, immigration, congressional corruption, environmental, peace and justice, anti-neocon, & other important Human Rights issues.
Recommended if you like John Fogerty, Bob Dylan & Paul Simon.CD price: $10.00 / MP3 price: $6.00
ALAN ROSEN: Politics as Usual
From political boogie blues to folk, Alan rocks it out with messages underneath.
CD price: $4.99
RANDY & ANDY: The Fresh Smell of Dissent
Political Satire in multiple musical styles with guitars and vocals and....
Recommended if you like Tom Lehrer, Capitol Steps.CD price: $8.00 / MP3 price: $8.00
JANET BRATTER: Copper Curls
Propelled by the motto “Have Guitar - Will Travel,” singer-songwriter Janet Bratter has written over 200 blues, ballad and rock & roll tunes dealing with the up and down adventures of her gypsy life style, humor and unrequited love, plus political com
CD price: $15.00
CATHY GRIER: Retracing
folk-ed up blues, gutsy, quirky and a musician with a political voice, an eclectic mix of blues, cajun, reggae and jazz (live in studio with band).
CD price: $10.00 / MP3 price: $10.00
DOC WEST AND THE YARD DOGS: Big Dog (King George the II)
This is a political hip hop track with the intent of making sure that George Bush and his people are un-employed come next December.
CD price: $7.99
