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001 Australia ACT
Canberra CUV Canberra Union Voices





A community choir made up of singers who come from different unions
002 Australia NSW
Annandale
Solidarity Choir





Singing in solidarity is our trade - on the streets, on picket lines, at folk festivals, at gatherings of celebration and sorrow.
003 Australia NSW
Glebe
Walters and Warner





Australian folk duo
004 Australia NSW World Wide Sydney
Union Songs





Over 400 Union Songs from around the world, about half of them from Australia
005 Australia NSW
Sydney
Chris Kempster Project

A CD of all the music Chris wrote throughout his life.


A double CD dedicated to Chris Kempster and his music.
006 Australia QLD
Brisbane QCU Queensland Council of Unions

Combined Unions Choir


Available to perform at union conferences, rallys, stopwork meetings, Christmas parties or other celebrations.
007 Australia South Australia
Adelaide SATUC South Australian Trade Union Choir





We sing in support of social justice and human rights and all good people.
008 Australia Victoria
Carlton South VTUC Victorian Trade Union Choir





Belonging to the Victorian trade union movement, providing a musical voice to the union message.
009 Australia Victoria
Healesville
Paul Spencer and the stuff he's done!

Political Folk Songs - Also other writing and drawing



010 Australia Victoria
Melbourne
Songs of the New Song artist Jose Luis Sepulveda. Well known latin american artist that lives in Australia.

This site includes links to other artists that belong to the New Song Movement, MP3s and more.


Jose Luis Sepulveda. Singer and song-writer that belongs to the New Song Movement (Social/political music from Latin America).
011 Austria

Vienna
AK Vienna



Chamber of Labour - Vienna region Austrian CD of songs for trade union movement
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012 Belgium

Brussels ICEM International Federation of Chemical, Energy, Mine and General Workers' Unions

ICEM Anthem


Power!
013 Canada AB
Edmonton
Notre Dame des Bananes





Choir singing about peace freedom and equality
014 Canada BC
Vancouver
Solidarity Notes Choir





Made up of labour and community activists, and is sponsored by the Vancouver and District Labour Council.
015 Canada NS
Pictou
Maurice Poirier

Behind A Voice Black Ribbons

Get the lyrics, get a clip of this great song about a Canadian tragedy, the Westray Mine Disaster of 1992, then get the whole CD.
016 Canada ON
Bobcaygeon
George Hewison

Music to sustain a troubled species



017 Canada ON
Cobalt
Charlie Angus and the Grievous Angels

Grievous Angels


Their songs, craftsmanship and live performances conjured the tragic beauty of life in the rough northern Canadian shield.
018 Canada ON
Hamilton
Harrison Kennedy

Canadian Blues Legend and Juno Award Nominee


A Hamilton-born and raised singer / songwriter has international fame as a member of '70s pop rock group The Chairman Of The Board
019 Canada ON
Hamilton
Tom Wilson

Juno Award Nominee


Entertainining East End Hamiltonians and the rest of the world for over a decade.
020 Canada ON
Ottawa
Healy and Juravich

Teresa Healy and Tom Juravich are inspired by both the rich traditions of Irish and North American folk music,


They sing about the struggles, hopes and triumphs of communities under fire.
021 Canada ON
Ottawa
Teresa Healy: singer, songwriter, activist






022 Canada ON
Toronto
B. Musique Productions

Features music producer Bryant Didier


Mixing, Remixing, Editing, Sound Design, Scores, TV, Film, Soundtracks, Commercials, CDs, Demos.
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023 Canada ON
Toronto
Faith Nolan

Singer / Songwriter / Guitarist / Activist


Music is a powerful tool that can be used for political and cultural expression.
024 Canada ON
Toronto
Jason Collett

Indie / Rock / Roots



025 Canada ON
Toronto
Kathryn Rose

Singer / songwriter



026 Canada ON
Toronto
Marnie Niemi HQ
Marnie's Web Page Featuring my band Roses in the Snow


Marnie's all-female bluegrass band: ROSES IN THE SNOW
027 Canada ON
Toronto
Mayworks

Festival of Working People and the Arts


A multi-disciplinary arts festival that celebrates working-class culture.
028 Canada ON
Toronto
Robert Priest

Singer / songwriter



029 Canada ON
Toronto
Rosita Stone

Artist singer, song writer, entertainer

English,Spanish Truly an exotic mixture, both physically and spiritually, of Mexican - Russian heritage.
030 Canada ON
Toronto
Union Rocks - Turning it Up! Turning it Loud! Turning it Around!

A group of young workers are shaking up the music scene by bringing a labour message to youth.


They attend concerts, set-up booths and generally inspire young people to check out the labour movement.
031 Canada ON
Toronto OCAP Ontario Coalition Against Poverty

Song Lyrics, for activists and protests


For protest and for activist on topics including poverty, environmentalism, racism, police brutality, greed and even landlords
032 Canada ON
Toronto PPK Music People's Progressive Karaoke Music

Karaoke Union Songs


Classic labour music, great new recordings, 16 page illustrated book, vocal and karaoke versions of each song.
033 Denmark

Copenhagen
The Movement

THE MOVEMENT! CLASS WAR UNITY 100% ANTI-FASCIST!


We 're strongly committed to serve the working class. The main goal is to encourage young people to resist and question everything
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034 England Birmingham
Birmingham
Banner Theatre Company

One of England's longest established radical theatre companies


Tours to community and trade union audiences with hard-hitting and entertaining polemical theatre.
035 England Greater London
London
Battersea and Wandsworth Trades Union Congress

The Left Field - Music can make a difference!


Reaffirm the spirit of political debate among festival goers. Promote the value of trade union membership & collective campaigning
036 England Somerset
Glastonbury
Seize The Day

Bold, Beautiful, Frontline Folk


A radical English acoustic band with global roots
037 England West Yorkshire
Leeds
Chumbawamba

the first church of chumbawamba



038 France Loire-Atlantique
Nantes
Blue Bayou Jazz Band

Le New-Orleans au service de la fête!


Available to perform at your: festival, concert, promotional evening, meeting, cocktail, evening event, product launch .
039 Germany Rheinland-Pfalz
Mainz
History in Song

The Labor Movement


Manfred Helfert present a variety of songs from organizations and individuals
040 Ireland
Co. Dublin Dublin
Songs of Irish Labour Website






041 Japan Tokyo
Tokyo
AVANT GARDIST'S LABOR UNION






042 Scotland Lanark
Glasgow
Centre for Political Song





Labour music and song are available from this valuable collection maintained by Glasgow Caledonian University.
043 Spain Andalucía
Puerto Real
Unpublished lyrics sung in the 'matador entrance march' style by the singers 'Retirees Group' in support of the workers at Delphi.

Pasodoble inédito de Chirigota los Prejubilados en apoyo a los trabajadores de Delphi.


The name of the song is 'Delphi is not closed' / 'Delphi no se cierra'
044 UA MA
Somerville
Chris Chandler





He's performed on thousands of stages across the US and Canada as well as for hundreds of organizations seeking social justice.
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045 UK


SSC Sheffield Socialist Choir






046 UK Gloucestershire
Stroud
Musical Traditions






047 UK Greater London
London
Hear World Information Centre HQ




The website of the socialist pop group Hear
048 UK Greater London
London
Peace Not War





A double-album of a diverse collection of pro-peace / anti-war songs including material from famous labour entertainers
049 UK Greater London
London WMA Workers Music Association





Promotes music to further the aims of peace, internationalism and social justice.
050 UK Nottinghamshire
Sherwood
Nottingham Clarion Choir

International Songs of Peace and Protest


We perform songs of celebration and protest in support of groups and organisations concerned with democratic change, human rights
051 US



Appalacian Protest Songwriters





Hazel Dickens, Sarah Ogan Gunning,| Aunt Molly Jackson, Florence Reece, Malvina Reynolds, Jean Ritchie spotlighted
052 US



The Catbox Times

...stepping on cracks in the corporate order


Focusing on acoustic (or acoustic-based) American roots music
053 US CA
Huntington Beach
The Scabs

The Social Critics Against Bullshit Systems


Find Video, music and images. Southern California Punk Rock, The S.C.A.B.S. news. Please try to book at least 3 weeks in advance
054 US CA
Riverside
Keith & Rusty McNeil

Working and Union Songs with historical narration


Thirty-six songs document the changes in the human condition as America evolved from an agrarian nation to an industrial nation.
055 US CA San Francisco Bay Area San Francisco
Labor Heritage / Rockin' Solidarity Chorus





Made up of workers from many unions, as well as students and independent folks who love to sing.
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056 US CA
San Francisco
Freedom Song Network






057 US CA
Santa Monica
Songs for Social Change






058 US DC
Washington
Smithsonian Folkways Recordings





Hundreds of recordings available. Also home of the Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives and Collections.
059 US DC
Washington
US Library of Congress Special Collections

Folklife



060 US DC
Washington LHF Labor Heritage Foundation





To strengthen the labor movement through the use of music and the arts
061 US IA
Iowa City
Matthew Grimm & the Red Smear

The bitchinest Rock Band in Eastern Iowa



062 US IL
Chicago
Bucky Halker

American Labor Protest Songs


Songs to rattle the ruling class, fight oppression, foment rebellion, pinpoint the shortcomings of free enterprise
063 US IL
Chicago
Utah Phillips

A Short Jog Through A Long Memory Golden Voice of the Great Southwest

A true eclectic, archivist, historian, activist, philosopher, hobo, tramp, member of the IWW, and just about everything in between
064 US MA Worldwide Boston
John Mcdermott Irish Tenor





Online fan club includes a concert schedule, newsletter, photo gallery, links and guestbook.
065 US MA
Dorchester IBEW International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers

103rd Electrician's Pipe & Drum Band Local 103

Comprised of construction electricians, fire fighters, police officers, contractors, teamsters, EMT's and school students.
066 US MA
Jamaica Plain
David Rovics

Songs of Social Significance


Original songs about the various struggles of the day, combining accomplished bluegrass-style flat-picking with incisive lyrics.
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067 US MA
Northampton
Tom Juravich: singer / songwriter / activist






068 US MA
Shelburne Falls
Charlie King & Karen Brandow





Have sung in support of numerous groups working for peace, human rights, environmental sanity and alternatives to violence.
069 US MD
Mount Rainier
Pat Humphries

Pat Humphries & Sandy Opatow


Powerful, passionate songs about the lives of real people
070 US MI
Ann Arbor
RAGING GRANNIES WITHOUT BORDERS





Solidarity Songs with Striking Workers at Borders Store #1 -- Ann Arbor November 15, 2003
071 US MI
Pontiac UAW United Auto Workers


Local 594

Solidarity Forever - words to the popular labour song by Ralph Chaplin
072 US MI
Ypsilanti IWW Industrial Workers of the World

Rebel Music



073 US MO
St Louis
Wake Up Everybody

Voter Mobilization Song


Full Length Video. MP3 Hi. Low. download. Mactintosh QuickTime MOV Windows PC ASX WMV Promo Full Length
074 US NC
Chapel Hill
Dave Lippman

Satirical Songs and Political Comedy


Inciteful Songs and Satire!
075 US NC
Chapel Hill
Hard Miles Music - Folk Music & Labor Unions





Hard Miles Music is devoted to restoring folk music and art to their rightful status within the labor movement.
076 US NJ
Jersey City
Ray Korona and the Ray Korona Band





Includes political folk music - labor songs - environmental songs - love songs, too!
077 US NY Nationwide Beacon
The Flames of Discontent

Kick-ass music for the masses - Also home of the Dissident Folk & Arts Festival


This group performs for many social justice causes as the entire repertoire is made up of protest music, performed in many styles
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078 US NY
Brooklyn
Bev Grant





Singer/songwriter/guitarist, cultural activist and former leader and cornerstone of the band, Human Condition
079 US NY
Hicksville FOP Fraternal Order of Police

Irish War Pipe Band


Widely established award winning pipe band.
080 US NY
New York
New York City Labor Chorus





Consists of over 100 members from more than 24 union locals and serves as the first multi-ethnic, multi-generational labor chorus
081 US NY
New York
Woody Guthrie Foundation and Archives





All about Woodrow Wilson Guthrie and the preservation of Woody's work
082 US NY United States and Canada New York AFM American Federation of Musicians
MPTF Music Performance Trust Funds


To present admission-free, live instrumental performances in connection with patriotic, educational, charitable & civic occasions.
083 US NY Canada and the United States New York AFM American Federation of Musicians
MPF Music Performance Fund


Presents admission-free, live musical performances in connection with patriotic, educational, charitable and civic occasions.
084 US NY
Ruby
Pete Levin

Musician / Composer


Features: PeteSpeak; PeteLive; PeteDiscography; PeteMusic; FunnyStuff
085 US NY
Saugerties
Wayne Lammers

Songs and political satires by Wayne Lammers and Pete Levin


Featuring the CD "GOP Party Monsters" available on line, just in time for the summer Bush-Bashing season.
086 US NY
Stony Brook
George Mann & Julius Margolin





Pro Labor anti - Bush Folk Songs
087 US NY
Stony Brook
George Mann & Julius Margolin





Pro Labor anti - Bush Folk Songs
088 US OH
Cleveland
Rock and Roll Hall of Fame





Pete Seeger
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089 US PA


Pete Seeger Appreciation Page






090 US PA
Pittsburgh
Anne Feeney





The unionmaid, hellraiser and labor singer presents kick-ass folk music and traveling agitators
091 US PA
Pittsburgh
Mike Stout Music

A hard-working singer-song writer calling on Americans to work together in solidarity to overcome their struggles.


Mike lauds personal solidarity, rooted in family and friendship, and political solidarity of working people around the world
092 US PA
Pittsburgh
Mike Stout Music

Mike Stout & the Human Union


One of the most prolific songwriters, presents protest songs and working-class anthems in an alt-country format.
093 US PA
Swarthmore
Riot-Folk! Making Folk a Threat Again...

We are a collective of radical musicians acting as an anti-profit record label/performance troupe.


We're participating in the resistance by writing and distributing music that teaches, provokes, heals, and inspires.
094 US TX
Austin
James McMurtry and the Heartless Bastards





Fan site with tour links, album links and reviews, lyrics and biography.
095 US WA
Seattle
Seattle Labor Chorus





Dedicated to economic & social justice, and the fundamental right of all workers to organize as a means of securing a living wage.
096 US WA
Sumner
Charles David Alexander

National Fingerstyle Guitar Champion


When a guitarist's own peers are knocked out, then you know you're on to something....
097 US WA
Vashon
Rebel Voices

Featuring Susan Lewis and Janet Stecher


Concerts and workshops present the struggles and triumphs of real people - - workers from many lands and many times.
098 US WI
Green Bay
Women's Folksong Lyrics & Historical Notes

The Womansong Collection


A small, eclectic sample of a rich heritage, a celebration of women's creativity and determination.
099 US WI
Milwaukee
Larry Penn

Cookie Man Music Co.


Sings and tells stories of hard work, working people, trains, trucks, life on the road, love nonsense, and pink flamingos.
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100 US WV
Harpers Ferry
Lee Shorb





Folk singer, songwriter. Download MP3's or listen online
101 Wales Cardiff
Cardiff
Côr Cochion Caerdydd

Cardiff Reds Choir


A performing labour choir

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