It’s been said that music can change the world. Some might denounce that as exaggeration, but at minimum, music does have the power to stir emotions and bring attention to worthy causes. Over the ...

Bruce Springsteen is no stranger to a good protest song, and these are the greatest ones he's put out every decade that he's been making music.

Fifty-six years ago today, a song with a powerful message hit No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 on its way to a multi-week run at the top of the charts. Decades later, Edwin Starr's "War" had its legacy ...

Sam Cooke’s 1964 classic “A Change Is Gonna Come” became one of the most important protest songs in American music, but one of its biggest inspirations came from another singer-songwriter: Bob Dylan.

In the U.S., protest songs have a history as long as the country itself. Art has a deep connection to resisting entrenched power, and it's no surprise that musicians continue to use their craft to ...

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