Neil Young – The Ongoing History of Protest Music

Neil Young (with Joan Baez & Maggie Rogers) Performs Rockin’ In The Free World at Fighting Oligarchy Rally

Bernie Sanders and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez have been touring across America holding large "Fighting Oligarchy" rallies. The rallies protest the political influence of billionaires and big corporations. They also spoke out…

CJ Baker April 13, 2025

Songs Lists

20 Protest Songs of Neil Young

Photo Credit: Mark Estabrook The iconic Canadian singer-songwriter is still going strong six decades into his career. He has also lived in the States for several years and officially became…

CJ Baker March 12, 2025

Protest Music Hall of Fame

2023 Protest Music Hall of Fame Inductees

Crass, from the artist's Bandcamp The final results are in and we now have the list of inductees for the 2023 Protest Music Hall of Fame. Admittedly Hall of Fame…

CJ Baker January 1, 2024

Songs Lists

15 Protest Songs About Climate Change

Source: Markus Spiske | Pexels One of the objectives of this website is to document music's link to different protest movements. Music often mirrors what is happening in the world, so…

CJ Baker October 31, 2023

2017: 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…

CJ Baker October 18, 2023

1990s: A Decade In Protest Music

100 Best Protest Albums of the 1990s

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

CJ Baker January 17, 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

2000s: A Decade In Protest Music

100 Best Protest Albums of the 2000s

Sleater-Kinney (Photo by Tyler Craft) Part of the purpose of this site is to chronicle the historical developments of protest music. One way to do this is to look back…

CJ Baker May 5, 2020

2019: The Year In Protest Music Songs Lists

40 Best Protest Albums of 2019

Snotty Nose Rez, from artist's Bandcamp As we approach the end of 2019 it is now a good time to look back on some of the notable protest albums released…

CJ Baker December 20, 2019

2010s: A Decade In Protest Music Songs Lists

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…

CJ Baker December 10, 2019