Posted in2000s: A Decade In Protest Music
100 Best Protest Albums of the 2000s
Sleater-Kinney (Photo by Tyler Craft) I recently published a list of the 100 best albums of the 21st Century (So Far). This seems to be a good time to revisit…
Posted in2023: The Year In Protest Music
Month of Protest: October
Ragana, from the artist's Bandcamp Music is often a reflection of the current political climate, so it shouldn't be a surprise that multiple artists this month recorded music in response…
Posted inSongs Lists
3 Songs Written In Response To Oliver Anthony’s Rich Man North of Richmond
Billy Bragg, one of the artists who recorded a response song to Oliver Anthony's "Rich Man North of Richmond". Via artist's Bandcamp The history of protest music has a long-standing…
Posted in1990s: A Decade In Protest Music
100 Best Protest Albums of the 1990s
Bikini Kill. From artist's Bandcamp Much of the music of the 90s may be associated more with personal angst that political dissension, but it was still a rich decade for…
Video: Ten Best Protest Songs of the 90s
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P56EYCJDiS0&t=116s This is the third video posted to the recently launched Ongoing History of Protest Songs YouTube channel. I’ll be posting at least one video a week. The first two…
Posted inProtest Music Hall of Fame
Protest Music Hall of Fame 2019 Inductees
Bikini Kill, Artist's Bandcamp The final results are in and we now have the list of inductees into the second year of the Protest Music Hall of Fame. I will…
Protest Songs of 2019 Playlist
The following Spotify playlist includes 2019 released socially conscious tunes which have been featured on this site. The playlist will continue to be updated as new songs are added. Also,…
Posted inProtest Music of the Week
Protest Music of the Week (May 6-12)
Jamila Woods. Artist Bandcamp page. I haven't been as active on this site as I would like. Because of this, there has been an abundance of recently released protest music…
Posted in80 Years of Protest Songs Songs Lists
80 Years of Protest Songs Part 3: 1979-1998
80 Years of Protest Songs Part 1: 1939-1958 80 Years of Protest Songs Part 2: 1959-1978 80 Years of Protest Songs Part 4: 1999-2018 The 1980s had the reputation of…
Posted in2017: The Year In Protest Music
Top 50 Protest Songs of 2017
French-Cuban duo Ibeyi, made up of twin sisters Lisa-Kaindé and Naomi Diaz recorded one of the 50 best protest songs of 2017. Photo Credit: Maya Dagnino This is a continuation…