Articles tagged with ‘protest songs’

• The Rappers are Revolting: Mixing Folk, Hip-hop and Politics

  This piece was written in response to an article in The Age which argued that there were no protest songs in contemporary Australian culture. The rebuttal was subsequently published in The Age on August 1, 2006, and discusses the political content in a number of Australian hip-hop groups, including The Herd, TZU and Morganics.

  Tags: hip-hop and folk music, The Herd, protest songs, Pegz, Tony Mitchell, Reason, Morganics, Upshot, Elefant Traks, TZU, eco hip-hop, Press & Media

• The Sun Never Sets (Review)

  An review of The Herd’s third LP The Sun Never Sets by Tony Mitchell, published in Music Forum.

  Tags: Tony Mitchell, Music Forum reviews, multilingualism, protest songs, Elefant Traks, politics, Press & Media