The Top 30 Protest Albums of 2018 (So Far)
The current political climate has become a fertile breeding ground for protest music. Even artists that are generally not known for their politics are writing music that is becoming more…
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The Future Is Female: 10 Women Artists Who Are Transforming Protest Music
“R.I.P. Patriarchy” The following inscription appeared on a tombstone which was featured on the cover of Petra Glynt's 2017 album This Trip. There is a renaissance of socially conscious female…
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10 Best Albums By Women
Back in July 24, 2017, NPR posted a list of the 150 greatest albums by women. Like any list of this magnitude it was a generator of debate. Recently NPR…
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15 Important Protest Albums By Women
Recently within the music industry there has been increased scrutiny over whether women are being granted equal opportunity. This was highlighted with the Grammy Awards where over the past five…
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10 Protest Songs About Donald Trump
Back in November 2016 I started writing a book on the historical developments of protest music tentatively titled 500 Songs of Protests. Writing about music's link to a variety of protest…
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10 Protest Songs About the Presidents of the USA
In the rich history of the American protest movement, The President of the United States has long been a target of the protest song. Because of the leftist leanings of…
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10 Civil Rights Protest Songs of the 20th Century
Music has long been a powerful medium to protest the social injustices faced by humankind. For example, many of the anthems of the civil rights movement of the 50s and…