Over the past couple of years, I've highlighted several songs here that I really like and that I feel are of great social or political importance or carry an important message. This is a collection of them. Please note: This includes pretty much NONE of the music performed by guests of the IMHO Radio Program. For those songs, please refer to their respective episode on the Radio Podcast Page.
AMERICA
Steven Lynch
3 Balloons, 2009
AMERICAN TUNE
Paul Simon
Live (There Goes Rhymin' Simon, 1973)
CATCH THE WIND
Niceguy Eddie
Singsnap, 2012 (cover: Donovan, What's Bin Did and What's Bin Hid, 1965)
CHIMES OF FREEDOM
Bruce Sprinsteen
Live, 1997 (cover: Bob Dylan, Another Side of Bob Dylan, 1964)
FLOWERS ARE RED
Harry Chapin
Living Room Suite, 1978
LUANG PRABANG
Dave Van Ronk
Going Back to Brooklyn, 1994 (cover: Patrick Sky, Songs that made America Famous, 1974)
THE ROCK
Harry Chapin
Portrait Gallery, 1975
SORROW
Bad Religion
The Process of Belief, 2002
STICK
Christian Beranek
2011
THE WAR WAS IN COLOR
Carbon Leaf
Love, Loss, Hope, Repeat; 2006
WHY DID THE LITTLE GIRLS?
Harry Chapin
Living Room Suite, 1978