MUSIC AGAINST WAR

CLASSICAL AND NEW MUSIC

Finlandia, Jean Sibelius: the song Kathy Kerry taught Iraqi school children (see IPT Diaries, "Other Hearts."  Lyrics in English, Indigo Girls)

"Leningrad," Symphony No.7  by Dimitri Shostakovitch

"Nanking! Nanking!": The Louisville Orchestra's New Dimension series premiered Bright Sheng's  March 29. "Nanking! Nanking!", which honors the victims of the Rape of Nanking by the Japanese during World War II.  Historical background. Interview with Zu Bright Sheng.  Audio of H'un (Lacerations)

War Requiem by Benjamen Britten.  Information and text; audio

RESOURCES

iClassics--list of composers responding to the reality of war

DAVID ROVICS

POPULAR MUSIC

Blues for Peace

Public Theatre Concert: Vietnam Songbook

Lennon: Give Peace a Chance & Imagine 

Dylan (Salon article):Masters of War (Filed by first name + last name);

Anti-war Anthem Overview

Mid 20th Century Progressive Movement Music

Rock & Roll and the War in Vietnam

Music for Peace--Musicians respond to the War in Iraq

Yusuf Islam (Cat Stevens): Peace Train

Rape of America & Uprising F15

Beastie Boys---In a World Gone Mad (lyrics & audio)

John Mellencamp---To Washington

George Michael---The Grave

"Resist War"

Salon Subscribers: Anti-war song Sampler

Sonic Youth & Protest Records

Compassionate Conservatives

Jynkz---We don't want your war

New Anti-War Songs

Green Day
R.E.M.
Lenny Kravitz
Zack de la Rocha
Saul Williams
John Mellencamp
Beastie Boys
Yusuf Islam Cat Stevens
Hip Hop Playlist/Davey D

Musicians speak out
from the stage:

Tom Yorke (Radiohead),
Conor Oberst, Shakira,
Paul Weller, George Michael
Anti-Flag
Sheryl Crow
Bruce Springsteen
Epitaph Records
Thievery Corporation, Mr. Lif 

Songs Against the War

Public Enemy/Son of Bush
Paris/Digital Underground/
Sway & Tech
Downloadable Now at http://www.daveyd.com
Savage Rose/Not In Our Name
Stephan Smith/The Bell

---courtesy, Artists' Network

 of Refuse & Resist

SONGS OF PEACE AND PROTEST

CD compilation for the times--play while you surf.

POPULAR MUSIC SONGS & LYRICS

Music For Peace---Musicians Respond to the Iraq War

Maritimes Links to Anti-War Music---Canada's Maritme Provinces Independent Media Center

New Songs for Peace

Peace Not War

Center for Political Song's List of Anti-war songs

Protest Music on NPR

Shalom, Asalaam---World Peace Song

Song for Basra, by David Rovics
      <Audio>
If I could sing a song for every bomb that flies
I'd sing each and all the days
If there were to be a verse for every dying child's cries
For every helpless father's gaze
If I wrote a love letter to each corpse as it is carried
I'd never still my pen
If I had to stop a moment for each one that's been buried
I'd never move again
And the stocks are going up in some safe place in America
Sing a song for Basra

If I could shed a tear for every home that bombs destroy
I'd never stop crying
If every broken brick were a heart of a little girl or boy
All the world's children would be sighing
If I could hold each shattered body, each baby stilled at birth
I'd have no time for loneliness
I'd spend all my time embracing the people of this savaged earth
Feeling the poisoned wind's caress
And the billionaires are laughing in some safe place in America
Sing a song for Basra

If each barren pharmacy were a woman's shining eyes
I'd fall in love forever
If every bombed-out kindergarten were a factory in disguise
Wouldn't that be clever
But bricks are only bricks, and dust is only dust
And death is all around
Each day another missile falls and sometimes the only thing to trust
Is the shaking of the ground
And they're loading up the warplanes in some safe place in America
Sing a song for Basra

Songs for Peace

Thomas McCullock's Anti-war Music Collection---clink on Downloads

COMMENTARY

Protest Music Alive and Well

Support Our Tunes!

Satire: Dixie Chick Apology

MUSICIANS ANTI-WAR GROUPS

Musicians United to Win Without War (with artist list)

Not in My Name

ProgressiveRockers

FireThisTime Audio Project