To add a few more from France and Italy
One of my favourites is LES ANARCHISTES. They are –despite the bands name– from Carrara, Italy. They perform since 2001 with texts from Leo Ferré, Pietro Gori and others. Their music is difficult to qualify, but there is much of (free) jazz and folk rock in it. It is not only their studio sound that is sometimes amazing, they are an excellent live band as well. Unfortunately they are quite unknown outside Italy, so you have to go there to see them. The are some tracks at http://www.lesanarchistes.org and http://www.myspace.com/lesanarchistes and some stuff at youtube.
http://www.youtube.com/v/ny-fq4ZxbT4
http://www.youtube.com/v/WVfQ2p5wEcw
(my favourite among the dozens of interpretations of «A las barricadas»)
http://www.youtube.com/v/VIUIuYodjFM
http://www.youtube.com/v/xFu2FD2SC2w
As for LEO FERRÉ and GEORG BRASSENS mentioned earlier in the thread: They were among the most famous French chancon singers in the the second half of the 20th century. Both were well known anarchists, Brassens was the editor of the anarchist weekly «Le monde libertaire» in the 1950th. They are among the few anarchists with dozens of streets, places and cultural centers named after There is lots of stuff from both Brassens and Ferre at youtube.com and dailymotion.com
Some examples:
Leo Ferré
http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x2a5jr_leo-ferre-avec-le-temps-olympia-197_music
http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xfsyv_leo-ferre-les-anarchistes_music
(there is a translation of that famous lyrics into English at http://www.struggle.ws/hist_texts/song_les_anarchistes.html)
Georges Brassens
http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x2kfvo_georges-brassens-la-mauvaise-reputa_music
http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xjs4r_brassens-chanson-pour-lauvergnat
http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xmwza_georges-brassens-les-copains-dabord_music
If we stay with French anarchist music, I would add FRED ALPI to the list. He was a band member of Brigada Flores Magon (mentioned in an earlier posting) and now performs with the Angry Cats, an anarchist Rockabilly band from Paris. But I guess he is best with Gilles Fegeant (http://www.fredalpi.com). Some examples:
http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x1e8fw_ma-part-de-violence-sur-zalea-tv_music
http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x1e8jx_se-reposer-ou-etre-libre-sur-zalea_music
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4pCj3wqwBog
Still in France, but 40 years in the past, there was the legendary album POUR EN FINIR AVEC LE TRAVAIL (For the abolition of work) from Lemonier and others. There are still some tracks around, mostly at youtube
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tw9NjBdrkKo
(ever wondered how a song with a text from Raoul Vaneigem might look like? Here you have the whole situationist program in one song
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h07ilkw7N7g
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bB4MFiHH1qw
There are other interpretations from many of the songs from that album. RENE BINAME did another good one of «La vie s'ecoule» (First link live from a gig at the CNT-F office in Paris), the second from CD).
http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x2g2wb_rene-biname-la-vie_music
http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x7pvf6_grece-emeute-solidarite_news
Biname as well did new interpretations of a couple of classical french anarchist songs:
http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x41j8l_rene-binamela-revolte_music
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2QxNPeW9jFk
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9PmLVfPvwZ0
That's all for tonight. Enjoy
Nice article about Gil Scott Heron in yesterday's Independent - 'The Revolution Will Not Be Televised'.