The Art of Now - Band Politics
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BBC
4.1 • 885 Ratings
🗓️ 30 March 2018
⏱️ 30 minutes
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Summary
BBC 6 Music's Chris Hawkins listens to new music every day - and he's noticing a trend. More and more of the bands he plays on the station are writing about politics. Acts like Nadine Shah, Cabbage, Idles and Life are covering topics as diverse as The NHS, the refugee crisis of 2016, austerity and rail privatisation. Chris visits the performers to ask them what is fuelling their music, considering whether supposedly radical bands are operating in a form of musical filter bubble - singing radical songs to an audience who already agree with their point of view. From the blues to grime, music and politics have always been intertwined, but Chris Hawkins provides a snapshot of the topics which are driving a generation of rock bands right now. Presented by Chris Hawkins Producer Kevin Core
Music featured: Nadine Shah: Out the Way. Holiday Destination. Mother Fighter. Jolly Sailor. Idles: Mother. Divide and Conquer. Life: In Your Hands. Euromillions. Cabbage: Tell Me Lies About Manchester. Preach to the Converted.
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| 0:09.0 | And one of the duties of a political prisoner is the escape. |
| 0:12.0 | The IRA inmates who found a way. of a political prisoner is the escape. |
| 0:12.5 | The IRA inmates who found a way. |
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| 0:25.0 | The narrative that they want is that this is a big achievement by them. |
| 0:28.5 | Escape from the Maze, listen first on BBC Sounds. |
| 0:34.0 | This is the BBC. |
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| 0:48.4 | Hugh, we don't have to do it like this. Do we not? |
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| 1:03.0 | Sade. |
| 1:04.0 | Didn't even realize I was doing it. |
| 1:06.0 | Hi, I'm Riana Dylan and this is seriously. |
| 1:13.6 | I'm not going to pretend that I'm okay with where the NHS is or where the government is. |
| 1:19.8 | I'm not okay with it. |
| 1:21.2 | So why lie? That's Joe Talbert he's the lead singer of Bristol band |
| 1:25.8 | Idols. I don't want to sing about puppies and rainbows I don't want to sing about |
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