Historic and modern protest music By Soncirey MitchellReader Staff Modern protest music owes its existence to centuries of ...

Amid a 24-hour news cycle and personalized algorithms, a wave of young artists are reviving bold, plainspoken protest music ...

Tennessee’s Will Hoge has proffered a literate, solid and consistent collection of country, rock and soul since 1997. It’s been the last few years, however, that provided Hoge a more prominent place ...

Naomi Westwater performs at "Which Side?" on Aug. 13 at the Lizard Lounge with backing band The Paid Protesters. (Courtesy Mike Ritter) Boston mariachi singer Veronica Robles recently performed during ...

“We don’t have a specific set list,” singer and pianist Benjamin Mertz says of the show he plans in downtown Santa Rosa. “We kind of let the spirit move us.” Mertz and singer Melanie DeMore will ...

NEW YORK (AP) — Out of the many Vietnam War protests she performed at in the 1960s and 1970s, Judy Collins can never forget one in Washington, D.C., where she stood before thousands and sang Bob Dylan ...

Nina simone’s influence on hip hop is bigger than most people realize. Her emotional delivery, protest themes, and powerful ...

(ThyBlackMan.com) Few artists in hip-hop have embodied the spirit of Black history and culture as masterfully as Kendrick Lamar. Through intricate lyricism, powerful storytelling, and unflinching ...

I was delighted to see the June 9 op-ed by Rebecca Spiess and Alicia Chen, “In the Trump era, where have all the protest songs gone?” Yes, we need the famous singer-songwriters of our time to be a ...