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Tom Morello’s Power To The People Festival And A New Golden Era For Protest Music

Tom Morello at the Power to the People Festival (Screen shot from the MS NOW broadcast/Fair use for news and commentary.)

On October 3, Tom Morello, best known as the guitarist for Rage Against the Machine, brought together a panoply of mu...

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Protest Song Of the Week: ‘Wish In Vain’ By Rhiannon Giddens

Screen shot from the September 18, 2026, broadcast of “Democracy Now” featuring Rhiannon Giddens (Source)

In the “Democracy Now” studio on September 17, musicians Rhiannon Giddens and Dirk Powell performed “Wish In Vain.” The song appears...

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Protest Song Of The Week: ‘Hind’s Hall’ By Macklemore

Screen shot from viral video of Macklemore addressing a crowd at Metlife Stadium during his tour with Ed Sheeran (Source) | Fair use for news and commentary.

On September 5, 2026, Macklemore walked to the front of the stage at MetLife Stad...

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Protest Songs Of The Week: ‘Blood On Our Hands’ & ‘Nothing Left’

The Linda Lindas (Source: Bandcamp)

Rising stars in punk music, the members of the Linda Lindas were between the ages of 15 and 22 when they recorded their third and latest album. It is a mix of heavy riffs and power pop bursting with yout...

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Rolling Stone Put Out A List Of Top 25 Anti-Trump Protest Songs

About a month ago, Rolling Stone posted a list of the 25 best anti-Trump protest songs “about the worst president ever.”

The monthly magazine previously put out a list of the “100 Best Protest Songs of All Time.” In my view, this list is a...

2 months ago
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