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Bandcamp has gotten political before and today it’s doing it again: encouraging people to register to vote, and donating today’s proceeds to a group called the Voting Rights Project. Continue reading Bandcamp supporting voting rights
Songwriters and bands have been trying to get politicians to stop playing their music at rallies and conventions for a long time. Continue reading Musicians keep telling politicians to stop playing their songs
Pearl Jam pushes buttons, sometimes political ones. Most recently, bassist Jeff Ament co-designed a poster that depicts a burning White House and death and destruction raining down on Washington D.C. and President Trump. Continue reading Pearl Jam back in the hot seat, this time from their concert poster
“Sending rappers to jail for song lyrics and outlawing political satire demonstrates how narrow the boundaries of acceptable online speech have become in Spain,” the Director of Amnesty International Spain says. Continue reading Amnesty International: Spanish rappers La Insurgencia sentenced