Sleater-Kinney – The Ongoing History of Protest Music

2024: The Year In Protest Music

A Month of Protest: January

Arrested Development, from the artist's Bandcamp It is the first month of the new year and it featured several socially conscious releases. Now is a small sampling. Songs/Videos: Guilty (featuring…

CJ Baker January 31, 2024

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

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

Protest Music of the Week

Two Weeks of Protest Music (August 12-25)

Cover of the latest single from Amanda Palmer. Artwork by Manuel Oliver Here is a recap of some of the noteworthy socially conscious music released within the past two weeks.…

CJ Baker August 25, 2019

Protest Music of the Week

Protest Music of the Week (June 10-16)

Sleater-Kinney, from artist's Bandcamp page Here is this weeks selection of newly released socially conscious music. Songs and Videos Where I'm Coming From - Lila Iké "Where I'm Coming From"…

CJ Baker June 16, 2019

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

15 Important Protest Albums By Women

Recently within the music industry there has been increased scrutiny over whether women are being granted equal opportunity. This was highlighted with the Grammy Awards where over the past five…

CJ Baker March 15, 2018