Basslines and Protest Signs is Brett Callwood’s new column looking at the intersection of music and politics. This week examines the rise of Riot Grrrl.

At the Grammy Museum on Monday May 6, members from The Bangles, The Dream Syndicate, The 3 O’Clock, and Rain Parade gathered, first for a collective Q&A session and then for a wonderful performance/jam.

Basslines and Protest Signs is Brett Callwood’s new column looking at the intersection of music and politics. This week examines queercore.

Basslines and Protest Signs is Brett Callwood’s new column looking at the intersection of music and politics. This week examines the history of LGBTQ artists.

Basslines and Protest Signs is Brett Callwood’s new column looking at the intersection of music and politics. This week examines the blues.

Basslines and Protest Signs is Brett Callwood’s new column looking at the intersection of music and politics. This week examines the influence of political bands.

Basslines and Protest Signs is Brett Callwood’s new column looking at the intersection of music and politics. This week’s topic is Pete Seeger and Bob Dylan.

Basslines and Protest Signs is Brett Callwood’s new column looking at the intersection of music and politics. This week’s topic is folk music.

Basslines and Protest Signs is Brett Callwood’s new column looking at the intersection of music and politics. This week’s topic is personal opinions.

It’s not uncommon in this cyber day and age to fall into an internet rabbit hole of listening to one artist, getting turned onto a band by a social media “friend,” and following the web of influences to one musician after another. Entire weeks have been lost doing exactly that. What’s rare is discovering an […]