Iconic songs by Sam Cooke, Kim Weston, Public Enemy, Nina Simone, Marvin Gaye, Lauryn Hill, Kendrick Lamar and more depict ...

From Pete Seeger to Billie Holiday to Rage Against the Machine to Kendrick Lamar, musicians of all genres have spoken truth to power ...

Black Lives Matter, and so on, the political energy once reserved for art (not to say actual politics) was channeled into social media. Of course, one cannot discuss the protest song as a genre ...

U2's "Sunday Bloody Sunday" has been named among the 100 best protest songs of all time by Rolling Stone. The song, the ...

That’s what this song encapsulates for me." 'It’s a song about the black experience so maybe that, in a way, becomes protest' Essa released his track Justice on Juneteenth. 19 June is the day ...

The song even specifically calls out the film industry, calling for fellow Black people to ... “Burn Hollywood Burn’ is a protest song,” the statement reads, as D explains that the ...

Neil Young has never been shy about telling you what’s on his mind. The Toronto-born singer, now 79, has seen a lot. And some of his greatest works have documented a world in turmoil. These songs ...

As Trump returns to Washington – facing a new court loss on immigration – Rolling Stone Magazine publishes its ‘100 Best ...

Common elements like memorability, teachability and timelessness can lead to songs moving from the stage to the streets.