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Terry Allen, For All Reasons
OpinionOct 11, 2019

It's hard to pick my favorite protest songs. The Woody, the Dylan, the '60s counterculture pop hits, the singularly chilling “Strange Fruit” -- I love them all. The original “This Land Is Your Land” is an anarchist hymn, Dylan’s “Masters of War” is as scathing and righteous today as it was then, “Ohio” by CSNY…

Terry Allen, For All Reasons
OpinionSep 17, 2019

Many of the facets of the music industry are the way they are simply because they are the way they are, but there is one pillar of melodic and lyrical art-making that remains extraordinarily arbitrary. Time. Records are released on Fridays now. Except when they aren’t. Some release days are packed with albums and others…

Terry Allen, For All Reasons
OpinionDec 31, 2018

“There's no such thing as someone else's war Your creature comforts aren't the only things worth fighting for Still breathing, it's not too late We're all carrying one big burden, sharing one fate.”                                            …

Terry Allen, For All Reasons
OpinionMay 10, 2018

“The holiest place on earth is where an ancient hatred has become a current love.” -- A Course in Miracles “Resilient” was written after the election, during Standing Rock, and while on tour. It came out like a wild horse from our mouths, the kind of song that responds to the times itself before you…

Terry Allen, For All Reasons
OpinionNov 16, 2017

Dear Future Active Shooter, Pain. It’s not something you can smooth away with ice cream or puppies or vodka. Pain hammers on the bones, electrifies the blood, and makes the idea of living in your own skin unbearable. I’ve known pain. I’ve known the urge for revenge and the unrelenting desire to make it stop.…

Terry Allen, For All Reasons
Terry Allen, For All Reasons