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Sound Thinking Episode 18 (Protest Music)

This radio series, that originally aired on Flirt.FM a licensed student radio station for NUIG, takes one particular type of music, subculture, sub-genre, or moment in time each week and examines it in detail. Listening to some of the best or underrated music of that time and looking at the history behind it.


Episode 18 is Protest Music.

It’s a mixed up, muddled up, shook up world with plenty of injustice and whole lot wrong. The conviction of Derek Chauvin for the murder of George Floyd this week shows that, at least some of the time, the fight for social justice can lead to results and I am hopeful this sets a precedent for the consequences police brutality.

People are stronger when we all come together on the issues we believe in, and one thing that has the power to unite us is music. Throughout history music has been used as a vehicle for social change, to inspire and to ignite, music has the power to put into words the unspeakable. Join me this week on Sound Thinking for an episode all about protest music and the fight for social justice!

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