Dozens of Minnesota bands come together for mixtape benefitting mutual aid efforts

"This project, to me, was just one small way that I could be part of mending things that feel broken right now." ...
The New YorkerOpinion

What Do We Want from a Protest Song?

For a genre that confronts the horrors of the present, the protest song of 2026 is curiously backward-looking.

Bruce Springsteen’s Song About Minneapolis Follows a Long Tradition of Protest Songs—Here Are the 10 Most Powerful

Protest songs transform emotion into action, and Bruce Springsteen's anthem to Minneapolis is one in a long line of powerful ...
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How historic protest music, including old Bible hymns, has inspired anti-ICE resistance in Minnesota

Some of protest music’s power has to do with singing itself. Making music in a group creates a tangible sense of community ...
WUNCOpinion

Where are all the protest songs?

Protest requires people to take a stand and hold firm. Pop songs are designed to appeal across demographic lines. In music, ...
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Lucinda Williams gives new voice to protest music on 'World's Gone Wrong'

Singer-songwriter Lucinda Williams tapped into America's current period of struggle on her latest album, a collection of protest songs called... Lucinda Williams gives new voice to protest music on ...
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Lucinda Williams gives new voice to protest music on 'World's Gone Wrong'

Singer-songwriter Lucinda Williams has always had a dark edge to her stories, but her new music seems darker. You can clearly see the evolution in the titles of two of her albums released decades ...