Uploaded October 2020 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
One can imagine that looking for reasons to write a protest song in an era defined by a ceaseless barrage of heartbreak and outrage could be a bit like drinking from a fire hose. On U.S.P.S. - United Songwriters for the People’s Sovereignty (so named as a show of solidarity with the recently much-maligned United States Postal Service and available via Bandcamp this Friday, October 2) each of its ten featured acts have managed to find the words necessary to wrestle with their respective subjects, which include police violence, voting rights, climate change, history’s influence on the present, and our shared responsibility to act against injustice.
U.S.P.S. - United Songwriters for the People’s Sovereignty
Release date: Friday, October 2, 2020
01 For the Change, May Erlewine
02 Black Umbrella, Anna Tivel
03 Nudo de raíces / Searching For Reasons (Live from Club Passim), Alisa Amador
04 How Many Hands?, The Accidentals
05 The Cruelty of History, Peter Mulvey
06 How Many More?, Crys Matthews
07 Hollow Man, Mark Erelli
08 Window Song, Hayley Sabella
09 Sowing Seeds, The Crane Wives
10 Holy Shit, TEOA
One can imagine that looking for reasons to write a protest song in an era defined by a ceaseless barrage of heartbreak and outrage could be a bit like drinking from a fire hose. On U.S.P.S. - United Songwriters for the People’s Sovereignty (so named as a show of solidarity with the recently much-maligned United States Postal Service and available via Bandcamp this Friday, October 2) each of its ten featured acts have managed to find the words necessary to wrestle with their respective subjects, which include police violence, voting rights, climate change, history’s influence on the present, and our shared responsibility to act against injustice.
U.S.P.S. - United Songwriters for the People’s Sovereignty
Release date: Friday, October 2, 2020
01 For the Change, May Erlewine
02 Black Umbrella, Anna Tivel
03 Nudo de raíces / Searching For Reasons (Live from Club Passim), Alisa Amador
04 How Many Hands?, The Accidentals
05 The Cruelty of History, Peter Mulvey
06 How Many More?, Crys Matthews
07 Hollow Man, Mark Erelli
08 Window Song, Hayley Sabella
09 Sowing Seeds, The Crane Wives
10 Holy Shit, TEOA
