Mat Ward – The Ongoing History of Protest Music

Daily Dose of Protest: Small Dick Energy – Mat Ward

From artist's Bandcamp This is the latest single by the Australian electronic artist and journalist Mat Ward (who publishes a monthly article on protest albums). Ward made the following statement…

CJ Baker March 21, 2025

2024: The Year In Protest Music

A Month of Protest: March

Grace Petrie, from the artist's Bandcamp This is your monthly recap of notable socially conscious music, which includes acts of reclamation and protests against genocide and colonialism. Songs/Videos: Red Future…

CJ Baker April 3, 2024

2023: The Year In Protest Music

A Month of Protest: May

Fatoumata Diawara, from artist Bandcamp Another month has passed and here is your monthly recap of notable socially conscious music. Songs/Videos: America Has a Problem (featuring Kendrick Lamar) - Beyoncé…

CJ Baker May 31, 2023

2023: The Year In Protest Music

A Month Of Protest: January

Fucked Up, from the artist's Bandcamp January tends to be a relatively slow month in terms of new releases, but it still managed to produce plenty of socially conscious music.…

CJ Baker January 31, 2023

2022: The Year In Protest Music

A Month of Protest: September

Psalm One, from the artist's Bandcamp Ding dong the Queen is dead. Fuck colonialism! Also, fuck Win Bulter! This is a sampling of some of the notable socially conscious releases…

CJ Baker September 30, 2022

2022: The Year In Protest Music Songs Lists

30 Best Protest Albums of 2022 (So Far)

Since I started this site at the end of 2017, I seem to introduce these lists with variations of it has been a shitty year, but at least we have…

CJ Baker June 20, 2022

2021: The Year In Protest Music

A Month of Protest Music (January)

qhost revievv. From artist's Bandcamp We just finished the first month of 2021 and in many ways, the shittiness of 2020 has seemed to carry over. January is traditionally a…

CJ Baker January 31, 2021

2020: The Year In Protest Music

A Month of Protest Music (October)

War On Women. From artist's Bandcamp As we get closer to the US Presidential election there has been a spike in protest music. Much of the music released is either…

CJ Baker October 31, 2020

2020: The Year In Protest Music Songs Lists

A Month Of Protest Music (August)

Naima Shalhoub From artist's Bandcamp We continue to live in crazy times. The issues of police brutality and ongoing Black Lives Matter protests were magnified with Jacob Blake being shot…

CJ Baker August 31, 2020

Podcast

Ongoing History of Protest Music Podcast Episode 13: Recap

This episode features soundbites of interviews from previous guests. It also features songs by these guests. Songs played on the podcast: Spirit of Hip-Hop - David Strickland (featuring Ernie Paniccioli,…

CJ Baker August 17, 2020