Just about every 2020 best album list features some variance of 2020 was a shitty year, but at least we had plenty of good music to help get us through. Let’s skip all of that, and get straight to the list of the 40 best protest albums of 2020. When putting the list together several notable releases deserved consideration but […]
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As we get closer to the US Presidential election there has been a spike in protest music. Much of the music released is either directly aimed at Trump or discusses the importance of voting. As with the previous months, there is also music that addresses issues of systemic racism, police brutality, and a variety of other social concerns. Also, in […]
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“This Machine Kills Fascists.” The following was emblazoned on Woody Guthrie’s guitar. Guthrie used his weapon of choice to compose timely songs of protest which still remain relevant. One of those tunes is “All You Fascists Bound To Lose” which Guthrie wrote back in 1942. The song was recently reworked by the Resistance Revival Chorus and Rhiannon Giddens. The tune […]
Learn more →I previously posted a list of the 30 best protest albums of 2018. The following list of songs won’t be as detailed. Also it won’t be a strict list of the tunes I feel were the best. It is more of an index of some the best 2018 protest songs that I featured as a Daily Dose of Protest. Below […]
Learn more →According to the YouTube page for the video for “You Don’t Own Me”, The Resistance Revival Chorus “is a collective of more than 50 women who join together to breathe joy and song into the resistance, and to uplift and center women’s voices”. The collective got some mainstream attention on January 28th, 2018 when they backed Kesha at the Grammy […]
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