This Week with David Rovics

Notes From A Holocaust with mandola

Concert from my living room, mostly consisting of songs from the Notes From A Holocaust album, with mandola.

New song: "Lines Are Drawn"

One of the most well-known aspects of the Second World War was that the virulently anti-communist leaders of countries like the United Kingdom made an alliance with the Soviet Union, because of the mutual interest they all thought they had in defeating Hitler. Here we are again -- but where's the united front against fascism?

The Mold, the Dust, and the Bathtub

And other things that trigger powerful memories.

Discussion with Chet Gardiner, musician/engineer

Here's the podcast rendition of the discussion I had earlier today with Chet Gardiner, the musician/engineer I collaborated with to create my new album, Notes From A Holocaust.

Notes From A Holocaust GUIDED TOUR

The archived rendition of today's livestreamed broadcast of the new album, with commentary, in MP3 form. 

New song: "Airdrop" #AirDropAidForGaza

#AirDropAidForGaza has been trending on X and then the Jordanian Field Hospital in Gaza was bombed.

Interview with Jon Schwartz and Elise Swain, with music

Joy LaClaire's interview with Jon Schwartz and Elise Swain of the Intercept was brilliant. All of them share so many valuable insights. I originally learned about the interview because of the inclusion in it of several of my songs, also very well-done. 

Talking shop with Russell and Steve

Russell and Steve are both brilliant musicians from here in Portland, Oregon, and they've started up a weekly podcast series interviewing other artists. Here's the MP3 of their interview with me (it's also on YouTube -- look up Russell Gores).

Notes From A Holocaust in Standard Tuning

I livestreamed a bit of a workshop, where I played the 20 pieces from the upcoming album, in the order in which I wrote them, with a bit of commentary.  I played all the songs in standard tuning on the guitar — the most popular instrument, in the most popular tuning — in order to show folks who may like to sing them how to do so easily.  Especially with the aid of the songbook for the album, which you can download at davidrovics.com/palestine, where you can also watch the video version of this tutorial.

”Land and Freedom” REMIX

Every struggle for national liberation that I've ever heard of, when the distractions are put aside, boil down to two intimately connected things: land and freedom. This is the last studio mix to go on the upcoming album. davidrovics.com/palestine