{"id":21231,"date":"2021-07-02T09:00:42","date_gmt":"2021-07-02T16:00:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/?p=21231"},"modified":"2021-07-02T09:16:40","modified_gmt":"2021-07-02T16:16:40","slug":"new-music-revue-the-homeless-gospel-choir-get-raw-on-live-album","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/2021\/07\/02\/new-music-revue-the-homeless-gospel-choir-get-raw-on-live-album\/","title":{"rendered":"New Music Revue<\/em>: The Homeless Gospel Choir get raw on live album"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The Homeless Gospel Choir
\nThis Is a Protest Song
\n<\/em>(A-F Records)
\n2\/5<\/p>\n

Derek Zanetti is a singer\/songwriter from Pittsburgh who has travelled the world singing acoustic punk rock protest songs. Many of his songs deal with global politics, addiction, and mental-health struggles.<\/p>\n

The live This Is a Protest Song<\/em> has a very unique tone and is very raw\u2014an intentional choice. Zanetti recorded the album on his cell phone to capture the essence of a live performance. He says that after the past year of COVID-19 restrictions, he wanted to release the album as a reminder of what it feels and sounds like to be at an in-person concert. The mistakes, applause, and cheering of the audience have all been left in for an authentic and unrefined sound.<\/p>\n

The nature of this album is very candid; it is quite intense at times. Many songs have a pent-up energy with crude language and symbolism intertwined into the punk rock. Having an occasional cheer from the crowd can be a nice touch, but, due to the nature of the recording, it does more to obscure the music than it does to provide ambience.<\/p>\n

While the unrefined sound of the crowd does make a statement, it\u2019s best used in limited quantities. Harsh sounds like those found on this album can be difficult to sit through, especially when listened to on headphones.<\/p>\n

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The Homeless Gospel Choir This Is a Protest Song (A-F Records) 2\/5 Derek Zanetti is a singer\/songwriter from Pittsburgh who has travelled the world singing acoustic punk rock protest songs. Many of his songs deal with global politics, addiction, and mental-health struggles. The live This Is a Protest Song has a very unique tone and […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":21232,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-21231","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-arts","category-webexclusive"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t