It's time to ring some changes or else hit the road...   Stomping folk rock selection from across the years that strays into progressive territory here & there with Curved Air & The Deviants. Jeff Mangum's Neutral Milk Hotel push the boundaries with their reverb-heavy take on traditional sounds. Showcasing some good old Geordie music with Kathryn Tickell, Lindisfarne & Jack The Lad. Features some amazing death ballads  later on. Listen to Time To Ring Some Changes by Old Timer in Isan on hearthis.at Continuous mix 2.5hrs Download via the streaming link thanks for passing through    

  When protest is now longer allowed, what then?   Selection of protest music 1950s-present. The current crackdown on certain modes of dissident action in the West, particularly environmental protest, signals a new era of totalitarianism & suppression of expression. A whole series of legislation, beginning in the 80s, have eroded & removed many of the rights that were formerly taken for granted while the cursed tranfer of power known as privatisation has leeched society and bled regular people dry. That heads of governments are seen to overtly collude with commercial titans & media moguls only reinforces the prevailing mood of helpess futility & inevitability, a feeling reinforced by economic neccessity and, crucially, the law. Criminal injustice at every level & on all fronts.   Listen to High Up There In Gilded Boardrooms by Old Timer in Isan on hearthis.at Traditions of musical resistance that have roots stretching back into antiquity...

    Songs of Dissent Tales of Oppression   Charting a timeline of popular revolt & rebellion through music & song. The legacy of these ancient songs and commentaries on the events they portray have long been championed by folk singers & musicians while politically-minded punk bands in turn looked to the them for inspiration, passing on the tradition & messages to wider audiences & subsequent generations Songs from as long back as the Great Revolt 1381 & Digger's Rebellion 1649, then the war years, Miners Strike 1984, Poll Tax 1990 & the CJB 1990s and songs that record numerous other events & atrocities. Not forgetting the current HOUSING CRISES & the unspeakable erosion of civil rights as exemplified by the current JUST STOP OIL strugges. Free the M25 Five! The legends & music of olden revolts crossed the Atlantic with the colonists where the protest tradition flourished, assimilating different styles and creating new ...