Blackbird Raum
Blackbird Raum busking at Northwest Folklife Festival in Seattle, WA
Background information
Genres	Gypsy punk Anarcho-punk
Associated acts	Dandelion Junk Queens Abandon Ship
Website	RAUM's Myspace Profile
Members
C.P.N. Mars Zack David K. C.
Former members
Roberto Miguel(miguel from oakland)
Notable instruments
Banjo Accordion Washtub Bass Washboard Saw Mandolin

Blackbird Raum is a band from Santa Cruz, California, where they have become a prominent part of the downtown street life.^[1] They are well known for their influence on Gypsy Punk but are generally considered to be the founders of a new genre.^[1] Influenced by American String Bands of the 1920's and Modern Anarcho-Punk such as CRASS,^[2] their music brings together rhythms of olde-tyme music with lyrics that reflects the sense of impending collapse of the current civilization that pervades much of green anarchist culture in modern times^[3][4] as well as criticizing the human and environmental destruction caused by the current civilization. The lyrics and song names often contain references to historical events, mythical creatures and cultural icons, such as a song titled "Silent Spring", which references the book Silent Spring by Rachel Carson. Blackbird Raum has been on several tours, such as the “burnin’ gasoline while there’s still such a thing” tour^[5] and the tour that took them to Northwest Folklife, a folk festival based in Seattle, Washington,^[6] in 2008^[7] and 2009.

[edit] Discography

• "Purse-Seine" - 2007, Quiver Distro
• "Swidden" - 2008, Quiver Distro
• "Under the Starling Host" - 2009, Quiver Distro

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• Official Site
• Who is Blackbird Raum?

Audio/video media

• "Blackbird Raum Silent Spring Santa Cruz", "Courant Times", YouTube, January 3, 2009.

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