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Conrad Tao – Which Side Are You On?

Episode 2 | 23m 25s

Frederick Rzewski’s "Which Side Are You On?" is based on a protest song by Florence Reece.

Performed here by Conrad Tao, Frederick Rzewski’s "Which Side Are You On?" takes a 1930s protest song by Florence Reece, the wife of a union organizer in the Kentucky coal mines, and explodes it into a gripping, kaleidoscopic set of variations.

09/25/2022 | Expires 09/01/2032

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Conrad Tao – Which Side Are You On?

Episode 2 | 23m 25s

Performed here by Conrad Tao, Frederick Rzewski’s "Which Side Are You On?" takes a 1930s protest song by Florence Reece, the wife of a union organizer in the Kentucky coal mines, and explodes it into a gripping, kaleidoscopic set of variations.

09/25/2022 | Expires 09/01/2032

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