Protest songs had reached a boiling point in the 1960s. Many of the greatest political songs of all time can be found in that ...

Presented as a radio program, “It’s Been Awful” bears an uncomfortable voyeurism, akin to eavesdropping on a therapy session ...

These Vietnam War protest songs still resonate with listeners, young and old, decades after they were first released.

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On 1 May workers across Australia celebrate May Day. At its peak in the 1940s to 1970s, tens of thousands of workers marched.

After Donald Trump won the election in 2024, Bette Midler deactivated her X account after jokingly threatening to drink ...

Greg Kot, former music critic for the Chicago Tribune and co-host of ‘Sound Opinions,’ joins John Williams to talk about the history of protest songs, where you can hear contemporary artists doing ...

Today is an historic occasion: There's a new Tom Waits song in the world. "Boots On The Ground" is Waits' first new original release since 2011's Bad As Me, though he released a "Bella Ciao" cover ...

Tom Waits‘ first new original music in 15 years is “Boots on the Ground,” a vividly gruesome indictment of wars both foreign and domestic that he recorded with Massive Attack (for their first new ...

Tom Waits and Massive Attack have released “Boots on the Ground,” a long-awaited landmark for both parties. The harrowing, sunken protest song is Waits’ first original song since 2011’s Bad As Me, and ...

A decade after his national anthem protest changed the conversation around sports and activism, Colin Kaepernick is set to tell his story in his own words. The publisher describes The Perilous Fight ...

Last year, Alabama Shakes returned with “Another Life,” their first original track in 10 years. Now they’ve followed it up with a protest song titled “American Dream.” Brittany Howard’s lyrics ...