MUSIC
"THE ARTIST MUST ELECT TO FIGHT FOR FREEDOM OR FOR SLAVERY.I HAVE MADE MY CHOICE. I HAD NO ALTERNATIVE."
— Paul Robeson
Dancin Shoes |
Swords Into Plowshares |
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"This is very good music. And very good politics." — Tom Paxton |
"Shows the potential for music to document social history." — Sounds Celebrating Resistance |
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| Sample (from "Dancin' Shoes") cd $15 |
Sample (from "Colrain In May") cd $15 cassette $10 |
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| Hot Frogs On the Loose Radiation Radiation Train Grandfather And Me Mumia I'm Changing My Name To Chrysler Jacksonville Courage And Faith Dancin' Shoes |
If I Could See You Down in Colrain Don't Pay Taxes Ballad of Randy Kehler Poet Roofer Water Under The Door |
Pipe Dream Colrain In May We Shall Not Be Moved O Freedom Asikatali War Against the Poor Valentine's Day Keep Your Motor Runnin |
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In A Public Place |
Making A Nuisance |
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"Tom wrote the song that shut down Yankee Rowe." — Michael Holroyde, WMUA |
"A rousing mix of uplifting content and beguiling humor." — Andy Davis, New Hampshire Central America Network |
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| Sample (from "Woman of Sumpul River") cd $15 cassette $10 |
Sample (from "101 Indictments") cassette $10 |
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| A Public Place Sumpul River Sueno Con Serpientes Sallie Man On The Stairs |
Death Rowe America Poppy From Spanish Trenches |
Freedom From Fear Affirmative Action Man 101 Indictments Blue Mountain Lady All God's Criters |
35 Years From Now Celibacy Who'd A Thunk It Everything Possible |
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Spirit of Justice |
Living on the Maximum Wage |
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"One of the most politically savvy songwriters I know" — Derrik Jordan, Hilljoy Music |
"Brilliant political satire -- a coming together of Phil Ochs and Tom Lehrer" — Nick DiBiasio, WCIN-FM, Framingham |
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| Sample (from "W Knows") cd $15 |
Sample (from "Four Lane Highways") cd $15 |
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| Let 'em Drink Arsenic A Dubya Ballad W Knows The Bombers Go Home Enron Ron Allenwood Jail Space Weapons in the Sky The Spirit of Justice | Physical Relationship Blues The Mascot Jacob and the Flag Nike Bush Camp That Was the Week 75 Septembers of Love For Tom at 50 | Maximum Wage Betting on Terror Bee Poop Shifting Gears Johnny Got a Gun Little Voices Body Bags | Trent Lott Death of Rachel Corrie The Mining Museum Bess Four Lane Highways and Mobile Homes A Quarter Century On Safe Home | |
Root Beer Makes Me Burp |
Only Outlaws Will Be Free |
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"Beautifully crafted, tender and loving songs; a treasured gift for his children" — Peter Underdown, Leverett |
"Brings imagination and guts as a critical troubador in our times" — Scott McVay, Princeton |
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| Sample (from "Boogers") cd $15 |
Sample (from "Nothing Like a War") cd $15 |
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| Roadkill Our House First Graders Boogers Queen Rossi Ruthie Coyote Run Around the Garden Your Age The Goalie's Curse Canoein' | Halloween Lady Bug Ball Oli Canoli Pickle Date Root Beer Makes Me Burp Peaceful Bear English is Cuhrazy Kiss You Awake in the Morning | Nothing Like a War No Business Like War Business Saddam Soliloquy Fighting Whities Bomb Iran A Long, Long Time Skull & Bones | Veolia Chlamydia and the Q Tip Hosta & Anderson Gail Marie A Man Who's Super St. Patrick's Battalion Only Outlaws Will Be Free | |
Fools No More |
Another Pacifist Under Surveillance |
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"He's the Jon Stewart of folk music." — Andrew Smith, Kerrville Folk Festival |
"Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that really matter." — Martin Luther King |
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| Sample (from "Just A Little Meltdown") cd $15 |
Sample (from "Don't Pay Taxes") cd $15 |
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| All Because I Voted For Ralph Nader WMD You Cannot Have A War & Tell The Truth Fools No More Kui Ka Pono Hawai'i Solo Le Pido A Diós Democrats | Safety First C'mon Kansas, Teach Us Evolution Again From Hobbs To Howland A Tramp's Thoughts The Ballad Of Mikey Wilcher Just A little Meltdown Ministry Of Oil | Morality Don't Pay Taxes Woman Of Sumpul River Sueño Con Serpientes Annie Dunn I Didn't Raise My Boy To Be A Soldier 40 Days Of Rain | Greenland's Melting To The Sea Rose Tattoo Taking Up Smoking Outhouse Blues Tamarack Tree Turn Loose The Line Ehren Watada | |
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"THIS IS THE REAL THING AND I'M QUITE GLAD IT'S
BEING DONE"
— Sounds Celebrating Resistance 
"Individuals have duties which transcend the national obligations of obedience. Therefore individual citizens have the duty to violate domestic laws to prevent crimes against peace and humanity from occurring." Nuremberg War Crime Tribunal 1950 |
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