David Rovics
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Still Waiting For The Change Still Waiting For The Change
A song for President Obama. (And his entire party. And the other party, too, for that matter.)
11/25/2012 Garage Rock
The Last Lincoln Veteran The Last Lincoln Veteran
A song for my dear friend Bob Steck, and all the veterans of the 15th Brigade.
11/25/2012 Garage Rock
Song For The Mavi Marmara (brs) Song For The Mavi Marmara (brs)
All aboard the Mavi Marmara! End the siege of Gaza!
11/25/2012 Garage Rock
Burn It Down - (big red sessions) Burn It Down - (big red sessions)
Sing the chorus and break the law!
11/25/2012 Garage Rock
John Brown - (big red sessions) John Brown - (big red sessions)
A song for the great abolitionist.
11/25/2012 Garage Rock
East Tennessee - (big red sessions) East Tennessee - (big red sessions)
Based on a newspaper article sent to me by 5th-generation Tennesseean and environmental lawyer/activist Chris Irwin.
11/25/2012 Garage Rock
I'm A Better Anarchist Than You (big red sessions) I'm A Better Anarchist Than You (big red sessions)
The most punk rock version of the song yet recorded.
11/25/2012 Garage Rock
Sugihara - (big red sessions) Sugihara - (big red sessions)
A song for a great man to whom a lot of people owe their lives.
11/25/2012 Garage Rock
Cordova - (big red sessions) Cordova - (big red sessions)
When the people of Cordova, Alaska blockaded Prince William Sound and brought the oil industry to the table.
11/25/2012 Garage Rock
Riot Dog - (big red sessions) Riot Dog - (big red sessions)
Long live Loukanikos!
11/25/2012 Garage Rock
Song For Chelsea Manning - (big red sessions) Song For Chelsea Manning - (big red sessions)
A song for the most significant political prisoner of the modern era.
11/25/2012 Garage Rock
Song For Bradley Manning Song For Bradley Manning
Bradley Manning is a political prisoner in the USA. This song is one of 13 from my latest studio recording, Big Red Sessions. Download the rest of the recording at www.davidrovics.com!
2/23/2011 Garage Rock
Cordova Cordova
I was reading Riki Ott's fantastic book, One Last Drop, about the Exxon Valdez disaster, just as the oil began to gush off the Louisiana coast. This song is about a particular incident in 1993 when fishermen blockaded the harbor.
7/10/2010 Acoustic Folk
If I Were Captain of the Pirates If I Were Captain of the Pirates
My latest in a series of pirate-themed songs. I was thinking about what I'd like to do to the oil industry's executive officers and larger stockholders.
7/10/2010 Acoustic Folk
I'm Taking Someone With Me When I Go I'm Taking Someone With Me When I Go
I wrote this song after the last high school massacre. I don't remember where it was, but it followed the typical pattern ostracized teenage boy finally snaps and shoots pretty, popular girls who tend to ignore kids like him. There will be more.
7/10/2010 Acoustic Folk
Laissez les Bon Temps Rouler Laissez les Bon Temps Rouler
Hearing the stories of out-of-work fishing communities in Louisiana, thinking about the history of the Cajun people, and how the refugees from Canada are now becoming refugees again.
7/10/2010 Acoustic Folk
