This era proved relatively brief ... Dylan himself has proclaimed Jimmy Cliff’s “Vietnam” to be the greatest protest song ever written, and here one must defer to the master.

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

“Protest has been such a key word in the last ... What you can achieve, what they mean. Do these songs change things? I’m not sure they do, but they do have a role in making people aware ...

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 ...

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.