Singer-songwriter Lucinda Williams tapped into America's current period of struggle on her latest album, a collection of ...

Throughout history, musicians have used music as commentary on current events. It’s often powerful, and it’s a phenomenon ...

Artists from Jesse Welles to Nashville songwriter Zach Schmidt are singing about the senseless killing of Renee Good ...

Messersmith captured the unexpected occurrence in a video, filming himself listening and laughing as The Current's Jill Riley ...

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 ...

This week's John Rasmuson column dwells in baby-boomer nostalgia of popular protest music of a generation past. Which got me thinking: amidst war without end and the disappearing... This week's John ...

Pop music has always been more than entertainment. Reflects society's struggles, dreams, and contradictions. Across the last fifty years, artists from Bob Dylan to Kendrick Lamar have given voice to ...

Venezuela has a deep tradition of reflecting political change through music. This week, as the country reels from the seizure of its president by American forces, we explore the recent history of ...

Happy Thanksgiving! Here are four albums that reflect and respond to the dire state of the union. Superchunk: What a Time to Be Alive (Merge) The legendary Chapel Hill indie-punk band’s third album ...

Revolutionary rap: Nigerian star Falz has kept protest music alive ...

Plus, the Latin Grammy Foundation adds two new music scholarships.

Amid a 24-hour news cycle and personalized algorithms, a wave of young artists are reviving bold, plainspoken protest music that cuts through the... The set-up for a typical Jesse Welles video is ...