Music exists for as many reasons as humans have thoughts. Whether expressing joy, love, grief, or anger, music conveys our deepest feelings like no other art form. To me, the noblest of all reasons ...

Johnny Cash might best be known as an outlaw country singer who changed the mold, but he’s also known as an accomplished protest songwriter. Many of his songs have held poignant political and cultural ...

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 ...

The Vietnam War was a tragic and stressful time in the world, particularly for American soldiers, veterans, and the families they left behind. As a result of the very polarizing war, a lot of protest ...

Country musician John Rich, an ally of President Donald Trump best known as one half of the duo "Big & Rich," released a fiery protest song against the Tennessee Valley Authority after leading recent ...

Folk icon Joan Baez surprised demonstrators in San Francisco by performing a protest song during Saturday’s “No Kings Day” demonstrations, part of nationwide rallies that drew millions expressing ...

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 ...

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 ...

Carsie Blanton’s Little Flame is a song for the age, a song for 2025 and on. She wrote it in January 2024 after having toured ...

Jaime Martín and the NYO players at the end of a stunning concert All this, with input from composer and Russian music expert Gerard McBurney, immeasurably enriched the Shostakovich narrative, so ...

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