The power of music is how intimate it can be because we listen on headphones. I think that as time goes on and people are beginning to write more about climate in music, I do have hope that that will maybe a song might get through somewhere where a speech could notBecause it's an emotional medium. It has to talk to the emotions and so I think it's like finding where the emotions are or that need to be witnessed"
Music and social movements have historically gone hand in hand. Folk music played a unifying role for the labor movements in the United States. Music was central to the protests against the Vietnam War and in favor of Civil Rights. As more people become aware of the climate crisis, music is starting to reflect that.
But there is still no one song or artist inspiring climate action the way music catalyzed other movements. Why aren’t more musical artists raising the alarm over the growing climate catastrophe? And for the artists who are, how do they express the anxiety and grief that they and their listeners are experiencing?
Guests:
Tamara Lindeman, Musician, The Weather Station
Jayson Greene, Contributing Editor, Pitchfork
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