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.

CLEVELAND, Ohio — Bruce Springsteen is coming to town. Somehow the conversation isn’t about the Rock & Roll Hall of Famer’s ...

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

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

The New York City Gay Men's Chorus will return to the Whitney Museum of American Art for the third annual “Our Joy is a ...

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

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 ...

In 1970, by the time The Guess Who released “American Woman," the band was already on a remarkable run of hits. But few ...