A Month of Protest Music (July)
Zara McFarlane From Artist's Bandcamp After the noticeable spike in political music in June, July eased off a bit. But there was still plenty of music to provide the soundtrack…
30 Best Protest Albums of 2020 (So Far)
SPECIAL INTEREST From artist's Bandcamp 2020 has been a shitty year and we are only halfway through. In comparison, since starting this site in December 2017, I've never had a…
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A Month of Protest Music (May)
Fantastic Negrito Artist's Bandcamp It has been another crazy month. The ongoing Corona pandemic has been compounded by the tragic events surrounding the senseless murder of George Floyd at the…
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A Month of Protest Music (March)
Psalm One. Photo from artist's Bandcamp page It has been a crazy month. Hopefully, everyone is holding up well with the self-isolation and social distancing. Crazy times, but we always…
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Daily Dose of Protest: Corona Virus Climate Catastrophe Fascist Empire 2020 Blues Massacree – David Rovics
From the artist's Bandcamp page. David Rovics is a prolific singer-songwriter and activist who has been active for over two decades. He recently released the excellent album Strangers & Friends,…
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A Month Of Protest Music (January)
Les Amazones d’Afrique. From Artist's Bandcamp. Since I haven't been posting here as often as I would like, I figure I'll get caught up by recapping some of the notable…
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Album Review: Strangers & Friends – David Rovics
Album cover by Mattia Ilić Part of the reason for me starting this site is to refute the misconceptions about the lack of modern protest music. The problem isn't that…
40 Best Protest Albums of 2019
Snotty Nose Rez, from artist's Bandcamp As we approach the end of 2019 it is now a good time to look back on some of the notable protest albums released…
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Protest Music of the Week (May 13-19)
Press photo of Mavis Staples Here is a brief recap of some of the socially conscious music released in the past week. Songs and Videos Future Come Around - &More…
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Daily Dose of Protest: Today in Charlottesville – David Rovics
On December 20th, 2017, a street in Charlottesville, Virginia, was renamed after Heather Heyer. Heyer was killed on August 12th, 2017 when white supremacist, James Alex Fields Jr. drove into a group of…