The purpose of this philosophical inquiry is to problematize the assumptions underlying elementary music teachers' choice to both erase folk songs from their curricula and to replace lyrics with racist associations. Erasing is defined as a process in which music educators remove certain ...
“Bemba Colorá,” released in 1966, is perhaps the most famous anti-racist rumba in music history, but it’s not easy to extract these powerful themes from the infectious swell of the horns and call-and-response between Cruz and her backing band. Cruz, colloquially known as the “Queen ...
Another woman done broke Axl's heart, but fortunately this time he gets pretty clever with the lyrics: "I was only a small child when the thought first came to me/That I'm a son of a gun and the gun of a son that brought back the devil in me." ...
(His mother had died the previous year from a heart attack following cosmetic surgery.) Its sound differed radically from his previous releases, as West chose to sing (with the assistance of a vocal production tool called Auto-Tune) rather than rap his lyrics. Taylor Swift incident at the V...
WithWheelhouse(2013) Paisley continued to explore issues of cultural identity, though with mixed results. Whereas the zippy single “Southern Comfort Zone” set a nostalgic tribute to Southern heritage against an expansive view of the world beyond, the ballad “Accidental Racist,” which featured ...
" actually has some of the most racist lyrics in the history of music. Recorded for Columbia records 1916, the melody is from a song called "N*** Loves a Watermelon Ha Ha Ha" by a terrible man named Harry C Brown. Here's a sampling of the lyrics: ...
Very anti-racist lyrics, great opening riff, amazing solo, and Belladonna's vocals fit well. In My World This song describes the words that spin round in my head. Perfect! Breathing Lightning Anthrax fan all my life, favorite band as a kid. Give this song time to prove its worth. For...
Kane Brown has always made a habit of collaborating with out-of-genre aritsts, and he finds an outlet for some of his vulnerable lyrics ever in "Memory," a duet with singer-songwriter, producer and rapper Blackbear. The song explores themes of anxiety, depression, the perils of fame and ...
The song’s lyrics not only call out the oppression faced by Black communities, but also criticized the continual charge to “do it slow” — in other words, she highlighted how the direction to be patient with the slow pace of social change impeded the progress of racial justice. When ...
When the Dixie Chicks spoke out against the Iraq War in the early 2000s, their popularity in country music circles never fully recovered.. When current superstar Morgan Wallen was caught saying racist slurs, his supporters kept his album "Dangerous: The Double ...