Riot-Folk
Hard-hitting folk, rock, jazz and punk influenced acoustic music from the front-lines of the class war and the struggle for social justice, equity and direct de
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Brenna - The Realist Brenna - The Realist
Ethan Miller & Kate Boverman - Clearcut Ethan Miller & Kate Boverman - Clearcut
Evan Greer - I Want Something Evan Greer - I Want Something
Anna Roland - Rivers Rise Anna Roland - Rivers Rise
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is an artist-owned-and-run collective of radical songwriters and musicians who are making folk a threat again! We are:
- folked up jazzy riot-folk fury from st. louis!
- agressive folk from the front lines outta boston
- throws down. insanely eloquent in-your-face folk-punk from CT.
- phenomenal songs of uprising, resistance and revolution originally from Baltimore
- ethereal poetical and political songs from San Fransisco
- hard-hitting and earthy radical folk from Maine & Oregon
- old-timey and refreshingly clever anarchist folk from NYC
We seek to operate as a collective in a manner that is in-keeping with our analysis of the world and adhering to the principles of anti-oppression, resistance and liberation, mutual aid, direct democracy, community and struggle.
We support the struggles of all those who have been oppressed against their oppressors: oppressed genders, races, classes, the indigenous, and the earth itself.
We seek to make partnerships of mutual aid with other radical groups to help spread the music and the message of the movement. We don't just write about the movement, we're part of it!Have you performed in front of an audience?Our artists have played with the likes of Tom Morello, Anti-Flag, Against Me!, Billy Bragg, This Bike is a Pipebomb, Charlie King, David Rovics, and Leftover Crack.
We love playing at protests, benefits, house shows, infoshops, or wherever!
Your musical influences
Our influences are from all over the place. Musically we range from jazzy to celtic, classical to punk. Politically we draw off the tradition of radical folk-music, labor songs, and other songs of struggle. Some good names to mention might be:
Phil Ochs, Ani DiFranco, Crass, Defiance Ohio, Peggy Seeger, Aus Rotten, Paul Simon, Tsunami Bomb, Bob Dylan, Woody Guthrie, The Who, The Clash, Ghost Mice, Pete Seeger, Johnny Cash, Charlie King, Pamela Means, David Rovics, Pat Humphries, Joe Hill, Against Me!, Jim Page, The Pinkerton Thugs, The Coup, Spearhead, Saul Williams, Billy Bragg, Joan Baez, Desert Rat, Jefferson Airplane, Erik Petersen, Tom Paxton, Country Joe McDonald, and so many more.
Riotfolk is playfully dangerous and lovingly militant. It is whispered threats and screamed words of love.What equipment do you use?
beat-up old guitars. less beat-up new guitars. banjos. harmonicas. sometimes drums. violins. cellos. bass now and then. loud voices.
also: gas-masks, monkey-wrenches, night-vision goggles, walkie-talkies, LAW, wire-cutters, grappling hooks, bandanas, molotov cocktails, our hearts and fists.Anything else?
Important websites:
RIOT-FOLK! ARTISTS:
(www.riotfolk.org)
Anna Roland - www.annaroland.com
Evan Greer - www.evangreer.com
Ethan Miller & Kate Boverman- www.riotfolk.org/ethan
Ryan Harvey - www.ryanharvey.cjb.net
Tom Frampton - www.riotfolk.org/tom
Haymarket - www.riotfolk.org/haymarket
Brenna Sahatjian - www.riotfolk.org/brenna
Mark Gunnery - www.riotfolk.org/mark
OTHER IMPORTANT SITES:
www.counter-inaugural.org
www.anarchistresistance.org (protest the Inauguration!)
www.peoplesmusic.org
www.indymedia.org
www.mozilla.org (free open-source web browser!)
www.crimethinc.com
www.dontjustvote.com
www.info-shop.org
www.protest.net
www.stopftaa.org
www.earthfirst.org
www.iww.org
www.wikipedia.org
www.fistolo.com
www.plan-it-x.com
www.blackteasociety.org
www.everreviledrecords.com
www.ilwu.org
OTHER ARTISTS:
Defiance, Ohio - http://defianceohio.terrorware.com
Erik Petersen - www.fistolo.com
Emma's Revolution - www.pathumphries.com
Pamela Means - www.pamelameans.com
Charlie King - www.charlieking.org
Counterfeit Matt - www.counterfeitmatt.cjb.netContact
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Comments (16)
I like this compilation! I am inspired to make my own riot-ous song! I wonder if I can accomplish it without lyrics though. That will be my goal!
u guys keep it real, we should hook up and smash the state. White Willow Connection -->Gabriel On The 3rd Moon, (your's truely) Kyle Nickum, Quelf, The Travesty, The Tribe of The White Willow,Unseen Assassin..check us out we're fighting the same fight...
Fantastic
I can see I'm gonna spend hours listening to the songs and artists on this page. Some great stuff here. The John Kerry song won't get old, and I might have to learn the picket line song..looks like I'm gonna be back on strike soon.
If you wanted to check my stuff out, most of it is here, and some at www.myspace.com/realstevewhite.
Never give up
Steve
AWESOME!!!!
folk is coming back and taking a chunk out of the side of the system!!!!!
peace and freedom!!!!
sorry about that blank post earlier... i've just added the picket line song to my station... keep making trouble for the evil f***ers of this world... solidarity!
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