Protest music: steel in the hour of chaos

Despite political turmoil, protest singers are still thin on the ground. Can they beat apathy and avoid preachiness? Dorian Lynskey meets the new generationIt's Monday evening in the basement bar of University College London Union, and singer-songwriter Grace Petrie is two songs into her set. About a year ago, UCL was in the front rank of a new wave of campus unrest that has revitalised student protest. It should be fertile territory for Petrie, who performs two-fisted folk songs in the traditio...

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