A witness psalm from the other side of the siren’s call. A final breath turned into eternal song.

The Sirens Sang My Name Wrong

Recording from my protest music set on broadcast radio. Music from Grenada, Angola, Iran, Palestina, Suriname, Netherlands, Sudan and more. All aiming at the dismantling of oppressive systems.

Tracklist below. 
Full video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L1oxKnzwiy8

Redi Dron - Tide Tamara Wi e Stré Go Moro Fara! (Suriname/Netherlands 1981)
Kissanguela, Agrupamento - Invasores de Angola (Angola 1975)
Pedro Langa - Kuni Ndlala (Mozambique 1984)
Mohammad Assaf - Dammi Falastini (Palestine 2015)
Kourosh - ISRAHELLY (Iran, Netherlands 2025)
Mos Def - Auditorium ft. Slick Rick (US 2009)
Razeen - Free Sudan (Sudan, Netherlands 2024)
Sticky Dub - Warn Dem (UK 2023)
Mo Rights - Fok genoCIDI (Suriname, Netherlands 2025)
Skeptic - Dabke Falastini (UK, 2023)
SunTruth - Free Free Palestine (US, 2023)
Poison Zcora - Dear Doctor Director (UK, 2025)
Black Wizard - United Nations (Grenada, 1980)
Redi Dron - Eenheid Tegen Racisme (Suriname, Netherlands 1981)
Macklemore - Fucked Up (US, 2025)
T-Pain - War Pigs (US, 2023)

Right Moments #007: soundtrack of resistance

Controlled Demolition is the debut EP from Canadian Nightmares, a masked trio exposing the cracks in the system through raw, message-driven hip hop.

🎙 Four tracks.
🔥 Zero filters.
💣 One goal: Wake people up.

From the war cry of “Not Yours to Take”, to the gut punch of “Cashed Out”, this project hits hard against censorship, broken systems, foreign control, and the drug-fueled decay of Canadian streets.

If you're tired of silence, this is for you.
This isn’t entertainment, it’s resistance.

WHO Ended Freedom

Cashed Out

An anti-fascist protest song.

Come gather round friends I’ve something to share
It won’t be time wasted should you care
There’s something I’ve learned from looking around
It weighs on my mind that I must make a sound
For this is the point of my foreboding tune
If they came for them then, they’ll come for you soon

I once read a book when young and free
Of an Austrian way back in thirty three
With a simple lie their heads he filled
So that six million Jewish people they killed
And this is the point of my foreboding tune
If they came for them then, they’ll come for you soon

How it scares me to think that’s how it began
With an ignorant, angry excuse for a man
Do you see where I’m heading? Is it clear what I mean?
I think that you do for you’ve seen what I’ve seen
And this is the point of my foreboding tune
If they came for them then, they’ll come for you soon

They said it could never happen again
But I’m watching the Senator and all of his men
I see how they shift and I hear how they speak
They prey on the hopeless to get what they seek
And this is the point of my foreboding tune
If they came for them then, they’ll come for you soon

But blaming the immigrant for a nation’s woes
Is like cutting your legs off to spite your toes
If you can’t make no sense of what I’ve to say
Then I’ve tried my best and we’ll call it a day 
And this is the point of my foreboding tune
If they can for them then, they’ll come for you soon

If They Came For Them Then, They'll Come For You Soon

I’m Your Citizen is a call from the heart to a nation in trouble, an anthem for unity, action, and accountability.
In a time when trust in our leaders is fractured and communities feel the strain, this song speaks to the shared promise between people and the democracy they serve. It’s a reminder that citizenship isn’t just a status,  it’s a pledge, and it goes both ways.

🎙 Why this song matters:
We are not just voters, taxpayers, or statistics. We are citizens, the lifeblood of a living democracy. When we show up for our country, our country must show up for us.

💡 For fans of: Bruce Springsteen, Tracy Chapman, Steve Earle, artists who blend grit, hope, and truth in every note.

🎧 Listen. Share. Stand with us.
Because this is more than a song , it’s a statement.

#ProtestMusic #CivicAction #FolkRock #BarkingJusticeMusic #AnthemForUnity



I’m Your Citizen

It's gotten crazy here
Not sure what happened but it's real clear
That shit is hitting the fan
And ain't nobody got a fucking plan

Take a look around man it's hitting the fan
It's still obvious that we ain't got a plan
You'd think after the first time we'd learn our lesson
But we right back with another brutal recession
The trade war going prices reach new heights
They've gone so high it's like they've taken a flight
And they ain't coming back down anytime soon
Or anytime ever if you reading the room
Tariffs on China and Timbuktu
Here's 25 more man and fuck you too
Red hats cheering like they ain't got a clue
But you know who pays them tariffs man
It's me and fucking you
Think about it in the US we're the consumers
We're the ones buying the cars and the computers
It's just another tax on the working class 
While the ruling class give themselves another pass

It's gotten crazy here
Not sure what happened but it's real clear
That shit is hitting the fan
And ain't nobody got a fucking plan

Another obvious fucking problem is ICE
Immigration enforcement we paying the price
And the price tag is getting bigger every single year
And every single year it becomes more clear
That they building up an army man the secret police
US gestapo clearing the streets
They gotta keep us safe from the foreign invaders
Godless communist dirty traitors
But the ones they going after and calling illegal
Are nothing more than families and hardworking people
ICE wearing masks and rolling like 12 deep
Run up on you with your kids or when you asleep
Break that family up strip away they're rights
Remove due process so they can't fight
First they came for the immigrants that much is true
Once they're done with them they're gonna come for you

It's gotten crazy here
Not sure what happened but it's real clear
That shit is hitting the fan
And ain't nobody got a fucking plan

We grow up being taught that our nation's righteous
Governed by the people justice fighters
But when I look around I see the world's on fire
And we're throwing more bodies on the funeral pyre
Ain't a war on the planet that we're not a part of
Everywhere you look man people are starving
And what they're doing to Gaza is so horrific
If that ain't genocide then what the fuck is it
How you gonna explain displacing millions
Kill a hundred thousand women and children
Then blame it on Hamas with their every breath
When the one's doing all the killing are the IOF
And the bombs that they dropping are supplied by us
Manufacture consent 'cause in God we trust
And we voted for it all because both parties guilty
These war pigs rolling in it they all filthy

It's gotten crazy here
Not sure what happened but it's real clear
That shit is hitting the fan
And ain't nobody got a fucking plan

Lyric video:
https://youtu.be/jFIEebBk1Rg

Insane (Remix) [2025 Version]

"Government Rent" is a hard-hitting trap rap narrative that flips history into an anthem of resistance. With dark 808s, eerie bells, and storytelling flow, it captures the frustration of property taxes as modern-day feudalism. Fans of Meek Mill, J. Cole, and Travis Scott will connect with its cinematic energy and political bite, blending street realism with historical truth. This track speaks to every homeowner, hustler, and rebel questioning what “ownership” really means.

GOVERNMENT RENT

CUT RATE HIKE is a hard-hitting trap rap anthem blending social realism with cinematic intensity. Driven by thunderous 808s and urgent storytelling, the track captures the ripple effects of interest rate shifts—how Wall Street’s decisions echo from penthouses to projects. With gritty bars, haunting melodies, and a viral hook that sticks instantly, this record connects economics, struggle, and rebellion in a way fans of Kendrick Lamar, 21 Savage, and Travis Scott will feel instantly. Perfect for late-night city drives, protest playlists, and anyone caught in the storm of modern finance.

CUT RATE HIKE

Protest Music, funky, contains an interpolation of Joe Henderson's Afro-Centric
features a verse from New Orleans rapper Sly Watts

ICE MELTS!

SCORE pdf [51Mb] is here http://www.picture-poems.com/pdfs/first-amendnent_panelaco.pdf

Can be performed in any way that fits the occasion. All it takes is one mater frummer who knows the 75-step pattern by heart; One run through is one minute. You can break the pulse, and do it as a CALL & RESPONSE People’s Mike. OrYou can march & drum in formation down 5th Avenue!

SEE ALSO the other panelaço of the set, IN OUR AMERICA…https://soundcloud.com/cliff-crego/in-our-america-panelacoa-pots-pans-music-of-protest

FIRST AMENDMENT panelaço:—A Pots & Pans Protest Music

Composer. Writer. Photographer. Former conductor & founder of the ASKO ensemble.

On a bike/ski/hike trek of the Pacific Northwest studying native plants & climate breakdown 🌲 from sagebrush sea to whitebark pine. Composing off-grid the whole way.

#Sun2Sound 🌕 on Bluesky

THINKING LIKE A STONEPINE, a soundpoem manifesto https://vimeo.com/844665859

“LOVE & WATER, three thought poems w/ coda, PHAROS for small orchestra, “Nightwind”” https://vimeo.com/847079690 

CURRENTLY on mt bike/ski/climbing trek through Pacific Northwest, working on a photobook about WHITEBARK PINE COLLAPSE and CLIMATE CRISIS. BASES in the WALLOWAS | AMSTERDAM | ALPS. 

WEEKLY photo/poetry updates at www.picture-poems.com & THE CIRCLE IN THE SQUARE new music, poetry & dance performance project at www.cs-music.com

ALWAYS ON THE LOOKOUT for progressive, tech-savy, instrumental virtuosi interested in dialogue & collaborative undertakings.

CONTACT cliff@picture-opoems.com
Or on SKYPE or FACETIME @cliffcrego

MUSIC? The one thing humans do,
that makes the rest of nature jealous.

Queer outlaw poet. Originator of Moonshine Disco.
Songs carved from glitter, ghosts, and grit.
Sacred joy. Swagger gospel. Survival myth.
Voice like a vow. Lyricism like scripture.
Welcome to the glow.

From flower child to frontline. I write protest anthems that call out injustice, awaken courage, and remember the country we once believed in. Barking Justice Music is my rebellion.

Immersive soundscapes that blend trap, hip-hop, electronic, and experimental genres. Fuses cultural commentary with unforgettable rhythm.

mBaileyz

Making music as auto-ethnography. 
Debut EP on vinyl out now: https://mowrights.bandcamp.com/album/things2proof


Bookings: wrightsmo@gmail.com

Co-founder of Steppin' Into Tomorrow, an Amsterdam-based music blog.

Jeremiah the Dreamer guitar driven hip hop, 1/2 of Double Flawless. Muskegon, Michigan hip hop artist (231 area code).

Introducing Ryan Fox, a roots/folk singer songwriter from Kent, England. His unique, popular sound and poetic, witty lyrical style draws from influences as diverse as early Dylan to Noel Gallagher, from Johnny Cash to Elton John, from Bruce Springsteen to Stephen Sondheim.
 
Ryan's songs have reached the finals of the UK Songwriting Contest and been featured on the Disabled People Against Cuts website. He has co-headlined the Acoustic Sessions at Rainham three times and Tunbridge Wells’ The Forum twice. Ryan has also recently played a support slot at St Edith Folk Club, Sevenoaks and will return there in 2026.
 
Ryan had classical piano lessons from an early age and picked up a guitar at uni, his early influences including Oasis, Coldplay and, naturally, The Beatles. He developed his songwriting in his 20s, largely owing to meeting musical guru Dr Richard Niles (Paul McCartney, Cher, Pet Shop Boys), who pushed Ryan out of his comfort zone to explore fresh sonic/lyrical ground - to try new things.

Ryan has recently released his fifth studio album Explorers Deluxe LP, available to buy from ryanfoxmusic.com or Bandcamp.

New tracks tagged #Protest Music