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May 16, 2019 · 10 Influential Political and Protest Folk Music Artists. Singer Joan Baez strumming guitar during protest march (Vietnam War) in Trafalgar Square. Music is a powerful tool that many singers, songwriters, organizers, and activists have used as a means of protest.
The First Amendment protects the freedoms that allow free expression and the creation of protest music. This exhibition explores the evolution of American protest songs and samples various styles, genres, and causes that have been advocated for and represented through music.
- Childish Gambino: This Is America (2018) Causing an immediate stir with its incredible Hiro Murai-directed music video, This Is America shocked listeners in ways that music hadn’t in years.
- Rage Against The Machine: Sleep Now In The Fire (1999) After releasing their 1999 album, The Battle Of Los Angeles, Rage Against The Machine were a force like no other.
- Creedence Clearwater Revival: Fortunate Son (1969) Perhaps the most famous protest song to take a stand against America’s involvement in Vietnam, Fortunate Son finds John Fogarty aiming his anger right at the heads of the US government, perfectly reflecting the feelings of those who felt that politicians were orchestrating a war with little to no public support while conscripting everyday Americans to fight halfway across the world.
- Bob Dylan: The Times They Are A-Changin’ (1964) Taking inspiration from Irish folk music, Dylan penned this song in October 1963, apparently in a deliberate attempt to write an anthem for change.
Protest songs have been woven into the fabric of American music since the nation’s inception. Music is one of the most striking forms of expression available. It is a tool that has, and will continue to be, harnessed to advance social causes, express discontent, and reflect national conditions.
Jan 4, 2022 · How does music, as a form of artistic expression and cultural communication, facilitate – or even articulate in itself – the act of protest? What changes, in measurable societal and political terms, can the production and reception of music in the contemporary world in general, and in the Americas in particular, engender and create?
Jan 11, 2021 · American protest music, now over 100 years old, remains among the most vital, proactive and participatory forms of music produced, spurring to action people from all positions in life to improve their world and the lives of others.
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May 31, 2020 · Here are a few empowering songs that call for free-speech, protest, creative expression and equality. “Alright” by Kendrick Lamar. Kendrick Lamar’s visual for “Alright” uses a black and ...
