Billy Bragg, who just wrote and released the song “City of Heroes,” talks with the Monitor about the impact of protest songs.

His concert at Manchester’s Co-op Arena in May last year featured a lengthy onstage broadside against Donald Trump, and his long history of political activism and recording songs that speak truth to power includes an entire album of tracks made popular by one of the masters of the protest song,

Locals are speaking out against President Trump’s gestures toward annexing the territory, and the song “Greenland Belongs to Greenlanders” has become “a soundtrack of the movement.”

On this day, January 23, 1976, a song by C.W. McCall that inspired one of Kris Kristofferson's biggest films hit No. 1 on the country charts.

Sometimes, when people feel scared or unheard, songs speak for them. Recently, a famous singer performed in Minneapolis and helped lift people’s spirits. Many citizens there were worried and angry about how the government

Which Side?: A Protest Music Teach-Out will return in the new year with an evening of music, story, and solidarity at the Burren Back Room on Tuesday, January 20. What began as an experiment in combining protest songs, performance, and dialogue has grown ...

Today, entertainment is political. Despite this trend, however, political conviction continues to elicit resolute objection: people continue to dislike the invasive nature of today’s politics, and especially its extension into entertainment and media.

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 stares straight into the camera and starts singing.