Sinéad O’Connor – The Ongoing History of Protest Music

10 Kris Kristofferson Protest Songs

From the artist's Bandcamp “There’s no better songwriter alive than Kris Kristofferson,” Willie Nelson stated at a 2009 BMI award ceremony for Kristofferson. “Everything he writes is a standard, and…

CJ Baker April 25, 2025

Protest Music Hall of Fame

Protest Music Hall of Fame: Sinéad O’Connor

Sinéad O’Connor (December 8, 1966-July 26, 2023) Photo courtesy of Man Alive, via Flickr The influential and controversial Irish singer-songwriter first received international success with her 1987 debut The Lion and the…

CJ Baker March 15, 2025

1990s: A Decade In Protest Music Songs Lists Videos

Video: Ten Best Protest Songs of the 90s

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P56EYCJDiS0&t=116s 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…

CJ Baker December 11, 2020

80 Years of Protest Songs Songs Lists

80 Years of Protest Songs Part 3: 1979-1998

80 Years of Protest Songs Part 1: 1939-1958 80 Years of Protest Songs Part 2: 1959-1978 80 Years of Protest Songs Part 4: 1999-2018 The 1980s had the reputation of…

CJ Baker September 21, 2018

Songs Lists

10 Best Albums By Women

Back in July 24, 2017, NPR posted a list of the 150 greatest albums by women. Like any list of this magnitude it was a generator of debate. Recently NPR…

CJ Baker March 24, 2018