Forgotten Melodies #10: Protest Songs

About this episode

This episode discusses various protest songs and their historical contexts with guest Katie Sommers.

Rise up comrade, and rage against the machine, as on this month's episode of Forgotten Melodies we're talking about Protest Songs! With Eleanor still recovering from her operation, we brought back-up this time, in the shape of Katie Sommers, Eleanor's long-time partner in puppet theatre company Rust & Stardust. If you're a regular listener than you will hear Katie's singing voice regularly, but on this episode she speaks! What about? Well, three different songs exploring three different historical causes of protests in England! The first, Goose and the Common , is all about land rights and enclosure. The second, Rigs of the Times , is about profiteering - originally following the French Revolution. The third, The Blackleg Miner , is about strike breaking. Along the way, we - Katie, Ben, Eleanor and Martin - all discuss various aspects of these protest songs, things we feel like protesting, and protest movements in general - and we very much hope you enjoy the episode! Speak to you again on Thursday for our Lang Fairy Tale double-bill featuring The Enchanted Pig and Norka before Friday's May Update Episode and Saturday's Three Ravens Live recording from our appearance last…

People in this episode

Hosts: Eleanor, Martin Vaux

Guest: Katie Sommers

Topics covered

• Protest Songs
• Historical Causes
• Land Rights
• Profiteering
• Strike Breaking
• Protest Movements

Keywords

• Protest Songs
• Goose and the Common
• Rigs of the Times
• The Blackleg Miner
• Land Rights
• Profiteering
• Strike Breaking

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Rust & Stardust

Books & works: Goose and the Common, Rigs of the Times, The Blackleg Miner

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