It’s not just the megastars. In Minnesota, many musicians have lent their voices – and drum kits — to vigils, benefit concerts and protests. Artists in North Texas are using music to make sense of ...

Something is shifting in the air. Not just politically, not just socially - but sonically. From folk singers with acoustic ...

Last month, well-known Iranian singer Mehdi Yarrahi released a song titled “Auschwitz,” about the regime’s brutal crackdown on protesters earlier this winter, which estimates suggest killed between 7, ...

Social protest and music go hand-in-hand, and Trump's mass deportation push and the violent tactics deployed by ICE has sparked a fresh flurry of musical resistance.

As protests happen nearly weekly, we'd like to remind you our local musicians aren't rookies to standing up for justice.

Why, in an era when music's biggest stars are more outspoken than ever, does it feel like we're still waiting for the contemporary political anthem?

This year, two arena-filling artists returned to the older civic function of song. Bruce Springsteen’s “Streets of Minneapolis” and U2’s elegiac “American Obituary,” written in response to immigration ...

Among the historic wins, spirited if chaotic tributes and breakthrough moments for new talent at Sunday's Grammy Awards, one small pleasure was the emergence of a new comedy duo. Twice during the ...

Whatever else it was, this was protest music. Their early material involved lo-fi drum machines, with vocals fighting through ...

Explore powerful protest songs from the 1970s that defined change, iconic tracks captured political unrest, social justice, and cultural transformation.

Yasmin Williams, seen here performing during the 2022 Pilgrimage Music & Cultural Festival in Franklin, Tenn., had a confrontation last year with the interim president of the Kennedy Center, where she ...