Locals are speaking out against President Trump’s gestures toward annexing the territory, and the song “Greenland Belongs to ...

Artists from Jesse Welles to Nashville songwriter Zach Schmidt are singing about the senseless killing of Renee Good ...

Throughout history, musicians have used music as commentary on current events. It’s often powerful, and it’s a phenomenon ...

Singer-songwriter Lucinda Williams tapped into America's current period of struggle on her latest album, a collection of ...

From the realism of Canserbero to the nostalgia of Elena Rose, these tracks reflect Venezuelan pride and struggle ...

Music played a powerful role in the Civil Rights era, providing a soundtrack for the movement and inspiring hope for change with songs like "We Shall Overcome", "A Change Is Gonna Come", "People Get ...

On this day, January 23, 1976, a song by C.W. McCall that inspired one of Kris Kristofferson's biggest films hit No. 1 on the ...

Bob Dylan's radical reworking of "Masters of War" at the 1991 Grammys split fans between those who declared the performance a bold success and others who derided it as a muddled mess. If the verdict ...

Bob Dylan started his career by writing inherently political protest music. He moved away from this style of music relatively quickly, but his protest songs are still culturally significant. When ...

The set-up for a typical Jesse Welles video is simple: the 32-year-old stands in an open field under a string of powerlines, clutching an acoustic guitar. From behind a tousled, curly mop of hair, he ...

Email notifications are only sent once a day, and only if there are new matching items. Paul Simon and Art Garfunkel may not be known for writing political songs — none of their songs made the Rolling ...

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