I always felt that Billy Bragg never got the credibility and praise that he deserves. His back catalogue is something special.
Dana Lyons – Cows With Guns [Pop Satire]
Rebel Voice has great respect for rebel music, and has a section dedicated especially to such revolutionary songs of protest. This offering, Cows with Guns, must be regarded as one of the most unusual songs ever to have emerged from the pantheon of seditious melody (tongue firmly in cheek). The Chickens in Choppers is worth […]
Bobby Sands – Back Home In Derry
This beautiful song was written by the Irish revolutionary and martyr, Bobby Sands. The lyrics are among the best to be found in any Rebel Song. Rebel Voice highly recommends this song.
The Boy From Tamlaghtduff
This fine ballad from Christy Moore is a firm favourite among Irish Republicans around the globe.
Pete Seeger – Solidarity Forever
If only the US had men like Pete Seeger today who would step forward to challenge the fascists who control that nation.
Woody Guthrie – Tear The Fascists Down
I wonder what Woody Guthrie would make of Donald Trump? I think I know, and it would end unpleasantly for the orange fool…
Frances Black – Legal Illegal
The lyrics of this fine song are every bit as relevant today as they were all those many years ago when this song first came out. It was written by the musical genius known as Ewan MacColl.
Dolores Keane – Caledonia
Rebel Voice recalled hearing this song in an advert on TV many years ago now. It was also on the highly successful album, A Woman’s Heart. Sadly, Dolores Keane has not appeared in public as much as she used to, having bravely survived a battle with cancer.
Ralph McTell – From Clare To Here
This poignant song is about the scourge of emigration that has afflicted the people of Ireland. So many people have been forced from their homes to foreign climes, over centuries and up to the present day, because of the greed, deceit, cowardice and incompetence of too many of our fellow country men and women. Anyone […]
Billy Bragg – New England
Bragg’s music is as relevant today as it was when written, as are his political views.
John Denver – Take Me Home, Country Roads
Ok, ok, before you start screaming about old fogey music, the question must be asked, how many of you with Irish mothers have not heard this song a hundred times from an old radio on the windowsill? This country song became a staple in Irish homes a long time ago. If the lyrics were changed […]
Moby – Extreme Ways
There was a time when you could play this tune on your phone in the pub, and 8 men would grab their phones to see who was calling. I wonder, do we men all see ourselves as action heroes?
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