The Civil Rights movement used music extensively, with songs like "People Get Ready" serving as anthems. Many protest songs from the 1960s remain relevant and are still sung at demonstrations today.

“Blowin’ In The Wind” from 1962 is one of Bob Dylan’s most revered songs, and it’s also one of the most well-known protest anthems of the 20th century. It’s an absolute classic, but Bob Dylan himself ...

Alex Garland’s incendiary “Civil War” is now in theaters, and it’s sure to get people talking. The film imagines a near-future where America is engaged in another Civil War, this time with multiple ...

Award-winning folk singer Chris Vallillo will perform two shows this weekend, each with different historical focuses. At 2:30 p.m. Saturday, March 3, Vallillo will perform "Songs of 'Egypt's' Soldiers ...

Kent Courtney will help mark the 150th anniversary of the Civil War with his first appearance at the Kutztown Folk Festival. The Kutztown Folk Festival marks the 150th anniversary of the American ...

LOS ANGELES — Singer-songwriter Peter Yarrow, one-third of the iconic folk trio Peter, Paul and Mary, has died. He was 86. Yarrow, with Noel Paul Stookey and Mary Travers, captured the attention of ...

Catalan folk duo Maria i Marcel are not afraid to discuss the atrocities of Spain's Civil War through music. "There's a change of mentality," Marcel Bagés says. Catalonia, a culturally distinct and ...

Glistening snow, reindeer paws, Grandma's house, and ... the battlefield? Christmas music usually evokes warm memories, wishes for peace and the joy of the season. Yet many of our favorite holiday ...

Although many of the struggles he addresses in the song are on a more personal scale than systemic oppression, "Alright" is ...