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The New York Times: Barbara Dane’s Life of Defiance and Song
Jenn Pelly, The New York Times, Feb. 14, 2021 The 93-year-old musician and co-founder of the political label Paredon Records looks back...


SASSIFY - Barbara Dane:The story behind the sound of protest
https://www.sassifyzine.com/barbara-dane You may know Barbara as the trailblazing singer of blues, folk and jazz who reshaped the sound...


Cultural Manifesto: Barbara Dane
July 04, 2018 by Kyle Long In collaboration with Smithsonian Folkways Kyle presents a special two part episode of Cultural Manifesto...


Barbara Dane: Still adding to her legacy at 91
Andrew Gilbert, Berkeleyside.com It’s quite possible that one of 2018’s best jazz vocal albums was recorded some six decades ago. Let me...


Alessandro Portelli and Barbara Dane: Records of resistance
http://oralhistory.columbia.edu/blog-posts/people/alessandro-portelli-and-barbara-dane-records-of-resistance In this post, part-time OHMA...


Barbara Dane: A Profile in Courage
Concert Review: CAP-UCLA, Royce Hall October 21, 2017 Celebrating a Lifetime of Jazz, Blues and Songs for Peace and Justice The Big D is...

Barbara Dane to the Chambers Brothers: ‘do your own thing’
KPCC, 89.3 FM: THE FRAME To listen to the audio version of this story, click here. In the early 1960s when Los Angeles had a thriving...
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