John Lennon – The Ongoing History of Protest Music

Protest Music Hall of Fame: Working Class Hero – John Lennon

Source: St Boniface's Catholic College, Plymouth, via Flickr John Lennon was no stranger to socially conscious music, contributing many notable tunes to the canon of protest songs. One of his…

CJ Baker March 24, 2025

Daily Dose of Protest

Daily Dose of Protest: Working Class Traitor – Purplepingers

Purplepingers is Jordie van der Berg's musical project. He has recorded several protest tunes. They are mostly reworkings of classic protest tunes. Many reference Australia, so I'm assuming he is…

CJ Baker July 23, 2024

Protest Music Hall of Fame

Protest Music Hall of Fame 2019 Inductees

Bikini Kill, Artist's Bandcamp The final results are in and we now have the list of inductees into the second year of the Protest Music Hall of Fame. I will…

CJ Baker December 2, 2019

Daily Dose of Protest

Daily Dose of Protest: Hell in Paradise – Yoko Ono

Throughout the history of music there are very few artists that are as polarizing as Yoko Ono. Regardless of how you might view her, it is hard not to acknowledge…

CJ Baker August 2, 2018

Daily Dose of Protest

Drive My Car – Nano and the 6-2-4

Part of what makes music so powerful is that it can take on a new perspective based on who is doing the singing. The 1965 The Beatles tune, "Drive My…

CJ Baker July 6, 2018