Music has always gone side by side with politics, with great protest songs inspiring and soothing when needed. Here are some ...

Protest songs have been a staple throughout music history. Below, find four female protest songs that have stood the test of time.

But there is one worrisome political development in particular that has received too little attention: Are we in danger of a protest song revival? In May, for instance, the rapper Macklemore ...

Protest music is nothing new... the civil rights movement, Vietnam War and gay rights activism led to songs which showed solidarity or expressed the anger and pain of the artists involved.

An Ottawa school played an Arabic-language Palestinian protest song associated with fighting in Gaza as the soundtrack to its ...

Nina Simone thought John Lennon's politics was weak. So when The Beatles released their cry for political and social change, ...

They're gunning for a war. And now we have to vote - because this is how we use our voice - and every option is not good enough, full of empty promises and celebrity appeal.” ...

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Billy Bragg's songs Between the Wars, It Says Here and Never Buy The Sun feature in the project's catalogue of songs A project to catalogue the rich history of the English protest song from 1600 ...

However, one crucial element was conspicuously absent: protest songs. The chants and slogans, while powerful, lacked the melodic reinforcement that has historically accompanied movements for ...