This Week with David Rovics

WEBINAR: DIY Music in a Time of Pandemic

A week ago I did a little webinar called Pandemic Songwriting. This is the followup webinar, on what you might do with those songs you've written, if you're interested in sharing them with the public, and possibly making a little money while doing so.

Discussion with Portland City Council candidate and renter, Margot Black -- votemargot.com

In this hour I talk with Portland Tenants United founder and Portland City Council candidate, Margot Black -- votemargot.com!

Discussion with Maire McNally

In this hour with Maire McNally -- revolutionary, history buff, and grandmother from Belfast, Ireland -- we talk about life under quarantine, the plight of essential workers, Irish politics currently and historically, the history of civilization, the IRA, the commonality of liberation struggles around the world, and many other things.

Discussion with Robb Johnson

In this hour with songwriter and author, Robb Johnson, we talk about school, parenting, being quarantined with children, the history of education, tour cancellations, viral pandemics and other exciting subjects. Robb has a new book out on PM Press titled The People's Republic Of Neverland: The Child versus the State.

Discussion with Guy Smallman

In this hour I talked with London-based photojournalist, Guy Smallman, about a wide-ranging variety of subjects that Guy has extensive and very current knowledge of, including mutual aid in London, Afghan refugees in Greece, and the corruption of the ruling parties of the UK.

Discussion with Peter Werbe

My first interview victim on this new Discussions With David series of livestreamed broadcasts I'm doing from my living room is Peter Werbe, founding editor of the Fifth Estate newspaper, and longtime Detroit-area talk show host.

Pandemic Songwriting Webinar

Here's the audio version of the livestreamed broadcast I did this morning on various platforms, at 10 am Pacific Time.  It's me yapping for an hour about songwriting, mostly, and answering related questions from folks who tuned in live on either YouTube, Facebook, Twitter, Twitch, Linked In or VK. If you'd rather watch it, you'll find it archived on all those platforms.

Pandemic Review: An Audio Documentary with 11 Songs

Dateline: Planet Earth, April 12th, 2020. I have put together a special edition of my podcast, This Week with David Rovics, telling the story so far of the pandemic, from the vantage point of one songwriter (me). The 11 pandemic songs I've written since the beginning of March appear in order, sensibly strung together with commentary I recorded this morning.

SPECIAL EDITION: Viral Solidarity Concert (in full)

While we were doing a livestreamed concert from Big Red Studio, we were also making a high-quality recording of the show.  Here it is, in full, as a special edition of my podcast.  I have also edited out most of the talking and tuning, and turned the show into a live album, Viral Solidarity, which can be found now on Bandcamp, and will soon also be up as an album on Spotify and other streaming platforms.

Open Letter to My Landlord

We will not be paying rent for April, and we thought we'd let you know why.