How a Pro-Greenland Song Became a Protest Anthem

Locals are speaking out against President Trump’s gestures toward annexing the territory, and the song “Greenland Belongs to ...
American Songwriter

On This Day in 1976, the Protest Song That Inspired a Classic Kris Kristofferson Film Hit No. 1

On this day, January 23, 1976, a song by C.W. McCall that inspired one of Kris Kristofferson's biggest films hit No. 1 on the ...
Salt Lake City Weekly

Where have all the protest pop songs gone?

This week's John Rasmuson column dwells in baby-boomer nostalgia of popular protest music of a generation past. Which got me thinking: amidst war without end and the disappearing... This week's John ...
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British Pop Legend Petula Clark Reveals How She Accidentally Ended Up on John Lennon’s Protest Song

One of the most famous protest songs of all time is “Give Peace a Chance” by John Lennon. Famously performed from Lennon and wife Yoko Ono‘s hotel room in Queen Elizabeth Hotel, Montreal, Canada, the ...

Protest Songs About the Minneapolis ICE Shooting Are Already Online

Artists from Jesse Welles to Nashville songwriter Zach Schmidt are singing about the senseless killing of Renee Good ...

Bad Bunny Played This Famous Latin American Protest Anthem. The Timing Couldn’t Be Better

This past weekend, Bad Bunny kicked off his first shows of 2026 with the Debi Tirar Mas Fotos World Tour stop in Santiago, ...
NPR

There's a new generation of folk protest singers on TikTok

The set-up for a typical Jesse Welles video is simple: the 32-year-old stands in an open field under a string of powerlines, clutching an acoustic guitar. From behind a tousled, curly mop of hair, he ...
American Songwriter

On This Day in 1963, Bob Dylan Stepped Into the Studio and Recorded a Protest Song That Is Just as Poignant Today as It Was Then

On this day (October 23) in 1963, Bob Dylan entered the Columbia recording studio in New York and recorded “The Times They Are a-Changing.” The song captured the hearts and minds of listeners who, at ...
The Daily Princetonian

From folk to hip-hop: protest music through the years

Today, entertainment is political. Despite this trend, however, political conviction continues to elicit resolute objection: people continue to dislike the invasive nature of today’s politics, and ...
The Hill

A Hong Kong court rejects a government-requested ban on popular protest song after Google’s defiance

HONG KONG (AP) — A Hong Kong judge on Friday denied a government request to ban a popular protest song in a landmark decision after Google had resisted official pressure to alter internet search ...