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.

"We Shall Overcome" is particularly well-known as a civil rights anthem. Folk music also played an influential role in environmental political efforts and anti-war protests during the United States' ...

To mark Soul Music's exploration of Songs of the Civil Rights Movement and Sam Cooke's A Change Is Gonna Come, BBC 6 Music's Craig Charles picks ten of his favourite pivotal protest songs.

An African American woman's voice, a child of Southwest Georgia, a voice raised in song, born in the struggle against racism in America during the Civil Rights Movement of the 1950s and 1960s ...

The post Consequence Crossword: “Protest Songs” appeared first on Consequence. Exercise your First Amendment rights with “Protest Songs,” the new weekend edition of the Consequence Crossword.

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.

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.” ...

Jazz at Lincoln Center is offering the world premiere of a new jazz oratorio, “Rustin in Renaissance,” a tribute to the Civil Rights activist ... plus related music, will be performed twice ...