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David Crosby often wondered where the true artists went in the mainstream, but he knew some people out there were asking the ...
Grant Peeples is often accused of writing protest songs, but the feedback doesn’t discourage him. He doesn’t hesitate to tell ...
Revolution is the latest single by international recording artist, songwriter, musician and author Dorie Pride. Many ...
Woody Guthrie’s classic song is about America’s history of injustice and poverty. Donald Trump’s Department of Homeland ...
"I work in construction. I don't deserve to be deported." Luxor, a 23-year-old artist who just moved to Orlando, is the creator of the song. He tells me "Donaltron" is the product of his side hustle.
Ned Jampijinpa Hargraves has been at the forefront of the campaign to ban police guns in Indigenous communities, and a new ...
Dorian Lynskey, author, journalist and podcaster, said another element of protest songs that span generations is a sense of vagueness or opacity that allows for the song to be applicable to many ...
On May 21, 1970, Neil Young and his CSNY bandmates recorded what many would simultaneously consider the Canadian songwriter’s peak as a protest artist and the end of true activism in mainstream ...
The protest song genre can have a bit of a stigma about it. A little musty, a little hippie, a little 1960s soapboxy. But local musician and show producer Rose Gerber is dusting it off and hosting ...
VALENTINE: For many of the artists and fans at Megaport, they'll use the festival to celebrate and protest for as long as they can. For NPR News, this is Ashish Valentine in Kaohsiung, Taiwan.