Top 10 Protest Songs of 1984

As part of a music community, I recently did a 1984 deep dive and I made a list of my favorite 25 albums and songs. Since this website is dedicated to protest music I previously recorded a video featuring the top 10 protest albums and I’m now following it up with the top 10 protest songs. Like much of the […]

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Top 10 Protest Albums of 1984

As part of a music community, I recently did a 1984 deep dive. I listen to 138 albums and I made a list of my favorite 25 albums and songs. Since this website is dedicated to protest music I also decided to record two videos featuring the top 10 protest albums and the top 10 protest songs. We will begin […]

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Ongoing History of Protest Music Video: Grand Theft Liberal (with mr?e)

This features video footage of episode 33 of The Ongoing History of Protest Music podcast. I’ll be starting to post some of the videos from podcast interviews. This episode features a special guest, mr?e, a Sydney, Australia-based hip-hop artist who is a like-minded protest music collective. We discuss a couple of recently released tunes (“Grand Theft Liberal” and “King Kev […]

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Ongoing History of Protest Music Video: Nighthawks At McCoys (with Time)

This features video footage of episode 32 of the Ongoing History of Protest Music podcast. I’ll be starting to post some of the videos from podcast interviews. It features special guest rapper, podcast host, and journalist Time. We discuss his new concept album Nighthawks At McCoys, a collaboration with folk-singer Maudlin Magpie and German producer A Thousands Vows. We discuss […]

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The Ten Best Protest Songs of the 60s

This is the latest video posted to the recently launched Ongoing History of Protest Music YouTube channel. Previous videos focused on the best protest tunes of the 2010s, 2000s, 90s, 80s, and 70s. These videos are based on articles I wrote for Spinditty, but the selection of some of the tunes might be different. This video is also a bit different because I […]

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Video: The Ten Best Protest Songs of the 70s

This is the latest video posted to the recently launched Ongoing History of Protest Music YouTube channel. Previous videos focused on the best protest tunes of the 2010s, 2000s, 90s, and 80s. The next video will focus on the 1960s. These videos are based on articles I wrote for Spinditty, but the selection of some of the tunes might be different. Also, […]

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Video: The Ten Best Protest Songs of the 80s

This is the latest video posted to the recently launched Ongoing History of Protest Music YouTube channel. Previous videos focused on the best protest tunes of the 2010s, 2000s, and 90s. Subsequent videos will focus on the 70s and 60s. These videos are based on articles I wrote for Spinditty, but the selection of some of the tunes might be different. […]

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Video: Ten Best Protest Songs of the 90s

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 videos focused on the best protest tunes of the 2010s, and 2000s. Subsequent videos will focus on the 80s, 70s, and 60s. These videos are based on articles I wrote for Spinditty, […]

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