{"id":4025,"date":"2026-02-01T10:58:45","date_gmt":"2026-02-01T10:58:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gaiamedia.org\/english\/?p=4025"},"modified":"2026-02-01T10:58:45","modified_gmt":"2026-02-01T10:58:45","slug":"goodnews-february-2026-good-to-hear","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gaiamedia.org\/english\/2026\/02\/01\/goodnews-february-2026-good-to-hear\/","title":{"rendered":"goodnews february 2026 \u2013 good to hear"},"content":{"rendered":"

Lucinda Williams<\/strong><\/a>
\nThe World\u2019s Gone Wrong (full album)<\/strong>
\nTo support our American friends, we are presenting you with a series of protest songs this issue. The singer-songwriter and solo guistarist Licinda Williams (1953) recorder her first albums in the seventies. Williams’ commercial breakthrough came in 1998 with Car Wheels on a Gravel Road<\/em>, an album presenting a broader scope of songs that fused rock, blues, country and Americana\u00a0into a distinctive style that remained consistent and commercial. The success of her career has been marked with many prizes and other recognitions.
\nLost Highways<\/strong><\/p>\n

Bruce Springsteen<\/strong><\/a>
\nStreets of Minneapolis<\/strong>
\n\u201cBruce Springsteen is dedicating his new song to the people of Minneapolis, criticizing President Donald Trump’s ongoing immigration enforcement operations in the city.The lyrics of \u2018Streets of Minneapolis,\u2019 released Wednesday, describe how \u2018a city aflame fought fire and ice ‘neath an occupier’s boots,\u2019 which Springsteen calls \u2018King Trump’s private army.\u2019 Springsteen in a statement said he wrote and recorded the song over the weekend and released it in response to a second deadly shooting by federal immigration agents in Minneapolis.\u201d(Texarkana Gazette)
\nColumbia<\/strong><\/p>\n

Joe Clark Music<\/strong><\/a>
\nBelieve Your Eyes. A Protest Song for 2026<\/strong>
\n\u201cIt\u2019s about history repeating itself, propaganda wearing new faces, and being told not to trust what\u2019s right in front of us. Same playbook. Different war.\u201d Kentucky born Calrk\u2019s first two full-length albums,\u00a0Storyteller<\/em>\u00a0and\u00a010 Years Too Late<\/em>, showcase an artist leaning into his acoustic roots. Word-of-mouth support quickly built him a devoted local following, and in 2024 he earned the Appy Award for Album of the Year. Both records are filled with relatable songwriting that tackles timeless struggles set against modern, often dark realities.
\nSparks and Shadows<\/strong><\/p>\n

Jeremy Messersmith<\/strong><\/a>
\nFuck This<\/strong>
\n\u201cLet’s just get this one out of the way. Armed with his ukulele and a string arrangement by Dan Lawen, Messerschmidt unloads the F-bomb on the situation and the parties involved. He is working on turning it into a collaborative effort by offering up a lyric sheet and an uncensored version of the track and inviting vocalists to send in a file to be added to a \u2018giant choir version\u2019 of the song.\u201d (The Current) Bandcamp plays the song uncensored; other outlets don’t. Jeremy himself calls it an \u201cF-Bomb Dr. Seuss song.\u201d
\nBandcamp<\/strong><\/p>\n

Cloud Cult<\/strong><\/a>
\nCompassion<\/strong>
\nA lady on the corner waves a cardboard sign with a bible verse \/ But deep down she just wants the pain to end \/ And the guy in the car behind you looks totally enraged \/ But what you don\u2019t know is he just lost a friend \/ And the demons that we\u2019re all blaming \/ Are wounded parts of me and you \/ Yeah, most us just need a frickin\u2019 hug. \/ And the Beatles are on the radio, so you roll down all\u00a0 your windows \/ As you sing along to \u201cAll you Need is Love.\u201d
\nSee also this concert clip<\/a> of Cloud Cult.
\nEarthology Records<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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