Throughout history, musicians have used music as commentary on current events. It’s often powerful, and it’s a phenomenon ...

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

A Protest Music Teach-Out returns with another powerful night of music, storytelling, and solidarity on Tuesday, February 17, 2026, at The Burren Backroom.

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 ...

Bob Dylan's radical reworking of "Masters of War" at the 1991 Grammys split fans between those who declared the performance a bold success and others who derided it as a muddled mess. If the verdict ...

Venezuela has a deep tradition of reflecting political change through music. This week, as the country reels from the seizure ...

Pop music has always been more than entertainment. Reflects society's struggles, dreams, and contradictions. Across the last fifty years, artists from Bob Dylan to Kendrick Lamar have given voice to ...

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 ...

From the realism of Canserbero to the nostalgia of Elena Rose, these tracks reflect Venezuelan pride and struggle ...

Happy Thanksgiving! Here are four albums that reflect and respond to the dire state of the union. Superchunk: What a Time to Be Alive (Merge) The legendary Chapel Hill indie-punk band’s third album ...

Revolutionary rap: Nigerian star Falz has kept protest music alive ...

Amid a 24-hour news cycle and personalized algorithms, a wave of young artists are reviving bold, plainspoken protest music that cuts through the... The set-up for a typical Jesse Welles video is ...