Singles & songs on unfinished albums

Ordinary Heroes

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Ordinary Heroes' title track was written after the passing of historian/activist Howard Zinn, and the album was shaped around this theme. It is an album about confronting challenges, overcoming hardship, and finding the perspectives needed to stay strong in hard times as an actor for positive change.

Songs written in 2010 and recorded in early 2011. Produced by fellow Riot-Folk member Mark Gunnery and with full violin accompaniment by author/journalist/documentary film-maker Michael Fox. Artwork designed by Izzy Jarvis.

Record sleeves are hand-printed, CD covers were pressed by the Stumptown Printers workers' cooperative in Portland, OR. Comes with full booklet!

Blowback

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This album has been in the works for a long time and is finally done! It's sort of a look at the last 30 years, how they've influenced the last 10, and how that reflects on our future as we deal with the consequences of the things our government has done in our names.

Blowback features a bunch of guest artists including Mark Gunnery, Joe Overton (Here's To The Long Haul), Victorio Reyes (Broadcast Live), Lia Rose (Built for the Sea), and Tom Morello (The Nightwatchman, RATM). These folks really helped develop the sound the CD and make it what it is.

Soldier By Soldier

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A web-release only, this album is sort of a follow-up to my album The Violence of War. I wanted to write some songs of resistance to war, that gave hope and inspiration to those within the ranks of the U.S. military. These are all true stories or inspired by true stories and changed to protect the individuals involved. The cover art was done by my friend Gabriella Szpunt.

The Good Times and the Bad

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My second split with Mark Gunnery. These songs were written over a long period of time, combining experiences me and Mark shared and many we experienced seperately. Our combined art sometimes sounds harsh, sometimes lovely, sometimes both. Cover photo was taken by Christa Daring on the roof of the late Ramparts squat in London, summer 2005.

The New Enclosures

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A set of songs focusing on U.S. economic policy, neoliberalism, and global resistance movements for economic independence and justice.

The Violence of War

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These songs are almost all written for and about members of Iraq Veterans Against the War, with whom I work closely and share many good and bad times. Their courage and commitment to righting the wrongs which they sometimes participated in are a driving force behind my hope and shared commitment, and their insight into the world of social justice work has been an irreplacable piece of my growth as an organier and artist.

This whole album is dedicated to my childhood babysitter and close friend Austin Koth, killed in Iraq July 26th, 2006. His memory lives inside me and others who knew him, and the gifts he gave to me in his life are an essential part of my being.

Give It Time

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This album is a collection of songs dealing with change, hope, saddness, movement fatigue, burnout, and the history of movements fighting for long-term social change.

It was a long process to develop, accompanying me through a difficult personal struggle with the issues discussed inside. the cover art was done by my very close friend and co-organizer Lily Hughes. Her artistic genius and daily inspiration and commitment is an essential part of this album, and the cover art is itself an amazing story of history and resistance.

View full-size cover art here.

Government is War

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split with Mark Gunnery

Love and Fear (Split with Shannon Murray)

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Split with Brenna Sahatjian

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not available anymore...but enjoy the downloads.

The Revolution Will Not Be Amplified

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split with Tom Frampton

Iraq: Songs of Life and Death

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self-titled

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writings

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Here's just some of my writings, all are available on my blog Even If Your Voice Shakes.

Even If Your Voice Shakes #3

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Even If Your Voice Shakes is my blog, but it also was a bi-monthly zine/CD publication focusing on modern anti-capitalist folk music. The zine contains the writings of its publishers, interviews with musicians and activists, lyrics and chords, reviews of albums and generally anything else we feel like printing. The CD contains a mix of songs from various artists who we’ve run into in radical underground folk circles. Though genres like hip-hop and punk could be called “folk”, we focus on “American Folk” music as a genre because we write and perform it and are familiar with many artists, though sometimes we may throw in some hip-hop, punk, poetry, or whatever, because we dig that too. Our aim is to help revolutionary folk musicians get their words and messages out, to express thoughts on current political situations, and to put out radical critiques and views of the recording-industry, the growing corporatization of radical political music, and some examples of and theories on alternative ways of going about being a radical musician. We’re open to critique, suggestions, and submissions, though please don’t take it personally if you write something and we don’t print it.  Email us at evenif@riotfolk.org