Paredon Records

Paredon Records was a record label founded in 1969 by Barbara Dane and Irwin Silber to publish recordings of cultural expressions, especially protests, in order to preserve them.[1] Part of the era's social activism and movements for economic, racial, and social justice as well as national liberation,[2] the label released fifty titles between 1970 and 1985 including songs, poetry, and oratory.[3] The label's founders were inspired by Cuba and recorded a lot of protest music,[4] including The People Gonna Rise! with Bev Grant's band Human Condition.[5]

Dane and Silber donated Paredon Records to the Smithsonian Institution in 1991 "to insure the availability of this material to posterity" and their recordings are now part of Smithsonian Folkways.[6]

References
  1. "Barbara Dane just can't recall any good fascist songs". PRI October 18, 2017.
  2. "Paredon". Discogs.
  3. "Paredon Records: Activist songs and speeches from 1970 to 1985". Smithsonian Folkways Recordings.
  4. "The History of Paredon Records – Asian American and Asian Research Institute". aaari.info.
  5. "Bev Grant: My Story | Smithsonian Folkways Magazine". Smithsonian Folkways Recordings. Retrieved 2019-03-07.
  6. "Paredon Records". Smithsonian Folkways Recordings.


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