Victor Jara:  Manifesto

Victor Jara: Manifesto

The last couple of months I spent a significant amount of time in South America, and the majority in Chile. Unsurprisingly, the legacy of the dictatorship is still very present in the politics and culture of the country, and specifically on the streets of Santiago...
Sara Bareilles: Seriously

Sara Bareilles: Seriously

This is a song called “Seriously” written by Sara Bareilles and performed by Leslie Odom Jr. It’s supposed to be an imagining of what then president Barack Obama might have been thinking during the 2016 election but was not at liberty to say. Its a...
Hanns Eisler:  Abortion is Illegal

Hanns Eisler: Abortion is Illegal

For this week, and for a plethora of reasons mostly having to do with coincidence, I’m going to be choosing songs with either political undertones, blatant overtones, or ones that have particular political messages that speak to me. For my first song I’d...
London Thumakda:  Queen

London Thumakda: Queen

Three hours in NYC never fails to be exciting endeavor, one with no shortage of music. Journeying from Grand Central to Times Square/Port Authority, I heard no less than five new performers and ten different pop hits of today and yesteryear. There is an almost...