A New Song A New Song is a public performance in the form of a curated karaoke party. Taking inspiration from the International Workers Order’s 1938 pamphlet of the same name, A New Song features a song selection composed entirely of protest songs. A flyer containing a list of available songs as well as a poem from the original IWO pamphlet is available for spectators and participants to take with them. The performance offers the opportunity for individual self-expression within a communal setting to underscore the role that music has played in promoting and supporting collective activism.   Documentation from Art in Odd Places. New York, New York. 2014

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Current List of Available Songs: Respect – Aretha Franklin Revolution – The Beatles Strange Fruit – Billie Holiday To Have And To Have Not – Billy Bragg * War Pigs – Black Sabbath Blowin’ In The Wind – Bob Dylan The Times They Are A Changin’ – Bob Dylan Get Up Stand Up – Bob Marley Redemption Song – Bob Marley War – Bob Marley Born In The U.S.A. – Bruce Springsteen I Fought The Law – The Clash Fortunate Son – Creedance Clearwater Revival Ohio – Crosby, Stills, & Nash Not Ready To Make Nice – Dixie Chicks War – Edwin Starr Radio, Radio – Elvis Costello Signs – Five Man Electric Band American Idiot – Green Day Minority – Green Day Eton Rifles – The Jam Say It Loud – I’m Black And I’m Proud – James Brown Many Rivers To Cross – Jimmy Cliff Imagine – John Lennon Battle Hymn Of The Republic – Julia Ward Howe Roar – Katy Perry The Pill – Loretta Lynn What’s Goin’ On? – Marvin Gaye Beds Are Burning – Midnight Oil Mississippi Goddamn – Nina Simone Fuck Tha Police – NWA Enola Gay – OMD Knowledge – Operation Ivy If I Had A Hammer – Pete Seeger We Shall Overcome – Pete Seeger Where Have All The Flowers Gone – Pete Seeger I Ain’t Marching Anymore – Phil Ochs * Give Peace A Chance – Plastic Ono Band Fight The Power – Public Enemy U.N.I.T.Y. – Queen Latifah Gimme Shelter – Rolling Stones None Of Your Business – Salt-N-Pepa A Change Is Gonna Come – Sam Cooke Anarchy In The U.K. – Sex Pistols Stand – Sly & The Family Stone Panic – The Smiths Talkin’ bout A Revolution – Tracy Chapman Sunday, Bloody Sunday – U2 My Generation – The Who This Land is Your Land – Woody Guthrie * Sing-Along Tracks

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