Classic Protest Songs from Smithsonian Folkways

Various Artists

• Released on 24/3/09 by Smithsonian Folkways Recordings
• Main artist: Various Artists
• Genre: Folk

Digital booklet

1 Freedom Now Chant

Mass-meeting participants in Hattiesburg, Mississippi 00:00:29

Mass-meeting participants in Hattiesburg, Mississippi, MainArtist

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2 Jesus Christ

Woody Guthrie 00:02:40

Woody Guthrie, MainArtist

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3 Bourgeois Blues

Lead Belly 00:02:21

Lead Belly, MainArtist

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4 Black, Brown, and White

Bill Broonzy 00:02:45

Bill Broonzy, MainArtist

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5 Society's Child (Baby, I’ve Been Thinking)

Janis Ian 00:02:45

Janis Ian, MainArtist

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6 Blowin' in the Wind

The New World Singers 00:02:32

The New World Singers, MainArtist

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7 This Land Is Your Land

Steve Forbert, Jack Hardy, Jill Burkee, and Mark Dann 00:04:42

Steve Forbert, Jack Hardy, Jill Burkee, and Mark Dann, MainArtist

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8 Turn, Turn, Turn

Liz Getz 00:03:08

Liz Getz, MainArtist

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9 As Long as the Grass Shall Grow

Peter La Farge 00:05:11

Peter La Farge, MainArtist

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10 Talking Pay TV

Phil Ochs 00:02:37

Phil Ochs, MainArtist

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11 Masters of War

Bergerfolk 00:04:10

Bergerfolk, MainArtist

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12 Waist Deep in the Big Muddy

Pete Seeger 00:03:00

PETE SEEGER, MainArtist

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13 Agent Orange Song

Peggy Seeger 00:03:55

Peggy Seeger, MainArtist

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14 Strange Fruit

Brother John Sellers 00:02:23

Brother John Sellers, MainArtist

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15 How Can a Poor Man Stand Such Times and Live

The New Lost City Ramblers 00:03:37

New Lost City Ramblers, MainArtist

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16 I’m Going to Write the Governor of Georgia

Champion Jack Dupree 00:03:16

Champion Jack Dupree, MainArtist

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17 When We Make It Through

Barbara Dane 00:05:27

Barbara Dane, MainArtist

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18 Evicted Tenant

Sis Cunningham 00:02:10

Sis Cunningham, MainArtist

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19 Corrido de César Chávez

Los Perros del Pueblo Nuevo 00:03:05

Los Perros del Pueblo Nuevo, MainArtist

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20 Gone, Gone, Gone

Red Shadow, the Economic Rock and Roll Band 00:02:17

Red Shadow, the Economic Rock and Roll Band, MainArtist

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21 Spirits of the Revolution

Larry Estridge 00:05:11

Larry Estridge, MainArtist

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22 We Shall Overcome

Guy Carawan 00:03:39

Guy Carawan, MainArtist

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About the album

• 1 disc(s) - 22 track(s)
• Total length: 01:11:20
• 1 Digital booklet

• Main artist: Various Artists
• Label: Smithsonian Folkways Recordings
• Genre: Folk
Available in
16-Bit/44.1 kHz Stereo

Digital booklet

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