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May 16, 2019 · Music is a powerful tool that many singers, songwriters, organizers, and activists have used as a means of protest. From Woody Guthrie to Nina Simone and Dan Bern to Ani DiFranco, American history is filled with incredible activist musicians.
Oct 21, 2014 · The legendary folk singer Pete Seeger left behind a powerful legacy of political music. But who nowadays is left to continue the tradition? Greg Kot takes a look.
Nov 19, 2022 · Adapted by a flock of folk singers over the years, Pete Seeger and Joan Baez in particular, it subsequently became the theme for many a protest rally and effort towards peaceful resistance.
Oct 25, 2022 · As FolkWorks has demonstrated for years now, thanks to the internet, we are able to tune in to some wonderful new political folk albums by giant talents, such as Ernest Troost (Saving the Republic) and Pat Wictor (Flare). And we all have access to protest music around the globe. But there’s more!
Find Political Folk Albums, Artists and Songs, and Hand-Picked Top Political Folk Music on AllMusic.
Jan 25, 2020 · For centuries, music has been used to make political points. Modern protest music got its start in the early part of the 20th century, when marchers on labor’s picket lines needed something...
Political Folk follows in the footsteps of the legendary Woody Guthrie, whose highly polemical folk songs inspired a generation of tough-minded, activist singer/songwriters including Bob Dylan and Phil Ochs; simply, protest music follows the aesthetic traditions of folk, but with lyrics which take a definite, usually left-wing, political stance.
