ORIGINALLY POSTED ON STRAIGHT.COM, SEPT. 1, 2005 By Steve Newton If you spend any time hanging around the Georgia Straight editorial department's hipster zone-an amorphous area located somewhere between the desks of music editor Mike Usinger and guitarist/rock critic John Lucas, but not too close to senior editor Martin Dunphy-you're led to believe a few … Continue reading Son Volt puts a pioneer back on the tracks
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Tom Morello sings activist songs for the common man
ORIGINALLY POSTED ON STRAIGHT.COM, OCT. 12, 2011 By Steve Newton When it comes to politically motivated rockers, you won’t find many more motivated than Tom Morello. Whether blasting out the intense guitar work that propels Rage Against the Machine’s anticorporate rap-metal agenda or taking on the Woody Guthrie–inspired folk-balladeer persona of his solo project, the … Continue reading Tom Morello sings activist songs for the common man