Former President Barack Obama reflects on gospel, protest music, and hip-hop in a 'Rolling Stone' essay about music in ...

What gives music the power to move people from witness to action? Sociologist Ronald Eyerman reflects on protest songs, political memory, collective identity, and the enduring role of artists from Joe ...

Our latest mix of the week’s best new songs includes a moody reflection on burnout from Gracie Abrams, rising L.A. duo ...

Steve Earle on America's proud history of protest songs by artists from Woody Guthrie to Neil Young to Bruce Springsteen and more.

Bob Dylan changed rock forever in 1965 with a groundbreaking protest anthem that still stands as his greatest song ever.

Barack Obama pays tribute to American songs and artists that have shown our country the way forward, from country to blues, Motown, jazz, and more.

In her 2022 song “Sioux Falls,” Jesca Hoop looks out an airplane window and sees a whirling vortex the size of a stadium. Is ...

Omar Thomas, the piece’s composer, is coming to town Wednesday to conduct a community performance of his song.

The latest season of Saturday Night Live felt transitional in many ways, but it was full of blockbuster pop stars, ...

Inside the Wiener Stadthalle, the Viennese home to this year's 70th Eurovision final on Saturday night, we were introduced to ...

Mystery Jets have announced their new album 'A Hole To See The Sky Through' with its hazy title track - give it a listen here ...