These one-hit wonders from the 1980s were actually protest songs, but the groove was so infectious, it was hard to notice.

In a new essay for Rolling Stone, former President Barack Obama reflects on the role of spirituals, gospel, protest songs, ...

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 ...

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.

Again and again, even through our darkest chapters, the power of song has shown the country the way forward ...

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

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

As I See It,” a weekly photo column by Pulitzer Prize winner Stan Grossfeld, brings the stories of New England to Globe ...

Bulgaria has won the 70th Eurovision Song Contest. The kitsch pop music extravaganza, the world's biggest live music contest, has again been overshadowed by protests and a boycott over Israel's ...

At the entrance of Jawaharlal Nehru University’s School of Art and Aesthetics, red flags carrying Bengali slogans hang across ...

Bulgaria’s Dara was the surprise winner of the 2026 Eurovision Song Contest with the song Bangaranga. Israel came second ...