Songs of Skid Row
In this episode of our Spatial Topics In Music feature, we’re listening to the songs of skid row and life on the wrong side of wherever.
Songs Featured On This Episode
Kendrick Lamar, “Compton”
Danny Brown, “Fields”
The Roches, “Hammond Song”
The Jam, “Town Called Malice”
Kacey Musgraves, “Merry Go Round”
Bruce Springsteen, “Darkness on the Edge of Town
Show Notes
The Detroit hip-hop collective, Foundation, that isn’t putting skid row living to song, but is using urban planning and visual art to make change in these spaces