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12 John Prine Protest Songs
John Prine (October 10, 1946-April 7, 2020) From artist Bandcamp page On April 7, 2020, acclaimed singer-songwriter John Prine sadly died at the age of 73, due to complications connected…
50 Best Protest Songs of 2023
Sunny War, from the artist's Bandcamp Back when I started the website in 2017 I included a list of the 50 Best Protest Songs (back when I was still presenting…
Posted in2017: The Year In Protest Music
40 Best Protest Albums of 2017
Hurray For The Riff Raff, from the artist's Bandcamp I started this website back on December 6th, 2017. During that first month, I hastily compiled a list of the 25…
Posted in2023: The Year In Protest Music
A Month Of Protest: January
Fucked Up, from the artist's Bandcamp January tends to be a relatively slow month in terms of new releases, but it still managed to produce plenty of socially conscious music.…
Posted in2020: 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…
Posted in2020: The Year In Protest Music
A Month of Protest Music (September)
Downtown Boys. Artist's Bandcamp The pandemic has affected everyone, including musicians. With the traditional touring and promo channels being adversely affected many artists that were supposed to release albums earlier…
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A Month of Protest Music (May)
Fantastic Negrito Artist's Bandcamp It has been another crazy month. The ongoing Corona pandemic has been compounded by the tragic events surrounding the senseless murder of George Floyd at the…
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Ongoing History of Protest Music Podcast Episode One
I have been contemplating starting a podcast for a while, even before the current pandemic outbreak. I have been holding off primarily because it is out of my comfort zone.…
100 Best Protest Albums of the 2010s
Alynda Segarra of Hurray For The Riff Raff. Photo from Artist's Bandcamp As we approached the end of a decade it is a good time to reflect on some of…
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Two Weeks of Protest Music (September 2-September 15)
Jeremy Ivey. Photo from artist's Bandcamp page. Here is a sampling of some of the notable socially conscious music released in the last two weeks. Songs and Videos: Bang Bang…