Sophie Straat is reviving a style of music once popular in the working-class bars of Amsterdam to protest an increasingly ...

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 ...

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In 1975, Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes laid down a melodic mandate that applies to our times: “Wake up, everybody / No more ...

So, I got a strong range of picks from some truly incredible musicians. Here is the thing, sadly, great protest songs never go out of style. Unfortunately, Bob Dylan’s “Masters of War ...

The Bard Of Barking is known for his stark protest songs, often performed solo ... public lynchings continued well into the 1960s, with the murder and lynching of African American Michael Donald ...

Ever since the '60s, Joan Baez has delivered a message with her music, but she was never going to be a two-chord folkie with ...

This land is your land... Exercise your First Amendment rights with “Protest Songs,” the new weekend edition of the Consequence Crossword.

Though I think that probably puts too much pressure on music to save humanity. Protest music at best can galvanize individuals by showing them that they are not alone in recognizing a societal ...

We’ve been in the 2000s for a quarter century now. That’s a long time, and over these past 25 years, the world has changed a ...

The first is memory. Persistent pitfalls preside over protest. When it comes to creating music or any form of art that highlights atrocities in the modern world and makes a political statement, ...