Though Lady Gaga’s “Born This Way” isn’t a protest song in the traditional sense, it still sees her fight for change by way of comforting her listeners. Gaga has long been an advocate for ...
A pensioner was arrested today during a demonstration outside a major military base as part of an organised worldwide day of protest against a possible war with Iraq. Angela Broome, 67 ...
Folk music also played an influential role in environmental political efforts and anti-war protests during the United States' engagement in Vietnam. Smithsonian Folkways Recordings playlists, Sounds ...
Campbell said that political music has existed as far back as the French Revolution, but mostly came into popularity in the '60s with protest songs about the Vietnam War. He was in college during this ...
The '70s were defined ... from the late-'60s emergence of blues-powered electric rock. Bands that arrived in that era - such as Deep Purple and Led Zeppelin - helped shape the music in the new ...
Pace, Ian 2014. Music in Germany Since 1968 by Alastair Williams. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2013. £60.00.. Tempo, Vol. 68, Issue. 268, p. 116.
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.
Fearing the spread of Asian Communism, the U.S. increases the flow of aid, equipment, and "military advisors" during the early '60s-but still ... divided by the war. Peace protests swell in ...
As the U.S. becomes mired in Vietnam, Dr. Spock appears at peace protests, condemning the war and the administration. Some parents and establishment figures respond by joining the peace movement ...
Photographer Arthur Gatti says "it was their way of commemorating his inhumanity." The 1960s and 1970s was a period of heightened civil unrest and protest across the United States. One such flashpoint ...