A revolutionary record label led by a white American woman who sung the blues, hung out with Fidel Castro, and spread the global sound of protest

In 1969, Barbara Dane founded Paredon Records, a label that embodied the (ongoing) struggle for women's rights, racial justice, and the power of protest to force the hand of control. The Paredon Records story began when Dane visited a friend in Cuba, met Fidel Castro on the heels of the Cuban Missile Crisis, and hung out at his Encuentro Internacional de la Canción Protesta (International Gathering of Protest Music). — Read the rest