Talib Kweli – The Ongoing History of Protest Music

1990s: A Decade In Protest Music

100 Best Protest Albums of the 1990s

Bikini Kill. From the artist's Bandcamp Much of the music of the 90s may be associated more with personal angst than political dissension, but it was still a rich decade…

CJ Baker June 1, 2025

2000s: 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…

CJ Baker April 28, 2025

Protest Music Hall of Fame

Protest Music Hall of Fame: Four Women – Nina Simone

Photo Credit: Nijs, Jac. de / Anefo - Dutch National Archives "My skin is blackMy arms are longMy hair is woollyMy back is strongStrong enough to take the paininflicted again and again"…

CJ Baker March 31, 2025

2021: The Year In Protest Music

A Month of Protest Music (February)

SOUL GLO. Artist's Bandcamp page In these monthly recaps, I am starting to draw a blank in how to introduce it. Lately, it ends up some variance of these are…

CJ Baker February 27, 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

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…

CJ Baker March 31, 2020

2020: The Year In Protest Music

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…

CJ Baker January 31, 2020