Photo via Flickr, via World's Direction, public domain. Sadly, on April 21, 2016, Prince passed away at the age of 57. Even though Prince wasn't widely viewed as an explicitly…
From the artist's Bandcamp The legendary Public Enemy emcee released the first single from his upcoming solo album, Radio Armageddon, out May 18. Also featuring Stetsasonic's Daddy-O, it is not…
From the artist’s website For your Easter Sunday, here is a tune by the prolific singer-songwriter Jesse Welles (could easily just start posting a song of his daily). The satirical topical…
The Temptations during a 1969 performance on the Ed Sullivan Show. Credit: Bernie Ilson, Inc. / Publicity for Motown Records & The Ed Sullivan Show. The Temptations were one of…
From the artist's Bandcamp This is the latest single and video from the recently released 5th album, Insatiable, by the mostly instrumental doom metal project of Takiaya Reed. As with…
RIP Sinéad O’Connor (December 8, 1966-July 26, 2023) Photo courtesy of Man Alive, via Flickr Sadly, influential Irish singer-songwriter Sinéad O’Connor died on July 26, 2023, at the age of…
JPEGMAFIA, from artist's Bandcamp. Here is your monthly recap of notable socially conscious music. Songs/Videos: Can We Fix Our Nation's Broken Heart - Stevie Wonder The legendary singer-songwriter is no…
From the artist's website The following anti-Trump tune by Anya Turner and Robert Grusecki is a rewrite of a tune they originally released and featured on the site in 2019…
Video screenshot This tune appears to be the first release by the emerging singer-songwriter Jez Marie. According to the quick bio provided to me she "merges pop, R&B, hip-hop, and…
Rage released their self-titled landmark debut on November 3rd, 1992, which appropriately was the day of the US Presidential election. The band's explicit political views were also well exemplified by…
Photo courtesy of Sven Mandel, via Wikimedia Commons Just in time for the US presidential election, the latest single from the upcoming album Merciless by the heavy metal project of…
Off the artist's Bandcamp. This is the title track off the crust punk band's recently released EP. They effectively employ medieval imagery as a means to explore modern societal issues.…
Molly Nilsson, from artist's Bandcamp Here is your monthly recap of socially conscious music. Songs/Video: Devil's Club (featuring Rezcoat Grizz) - Snotty Nose Rez Kids The latest tune by the…
From the artist's Bandcamp This is the latest single off the anarchist folk punk duo upcoming 3rd Sister Wife Sex Change, out August 2nd. The tune concludes with the potent…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8HQybIu4zTQ As part of a 1994 deep dive, I posted videos including the top 25 albums and songs and the top 10 protest albums and songs. I decided to finish off 1994 with two…