Find this playlist on Spotify here.. Stevie Wonder, “Living for the City” (1973) Starting with those mellow but foreboding electric piano chords, Wonder’s story-song is the stuff of old ...

In this era, if artists are globally popular, they’re not singing protest songs. And if they’re singing them, they don’t reach the mass audiences they might have commanded in previous decades.

"I mean, we always have these 'glory days' of the protest song, which is the 1960s. People constantly measure any period against the 1960s, and a lot of periods won't stand up to that." ...

Lazy River: 25 Songs That Mellow The Summer's End : All Songs Considered Floating is a state of mind. Let KQED's playlist of house, jazz and indie-pop songs serve as a meditation break.

Noname, 'Song 33': Protest Music In 2020 : We Insist: ... "I saw a demon on my shoulder / It's lookin' like patriarchy," the Chicago lyricist raps in her signature mellow voice.

Guitarist G.E. Smith and soul singer LeRoy Bell have shared a stirring new song, “America,” from their upcoming collaborative album, Stony Hill, out August 28th via BMG.. The track is a mellow ...

Check out the song, its accompanying video and some other reactions below. The Above will be out Sept. 29 and can be pre-ordered here . Code Orange, 'Mirror' ...

As Trump returns to Washington – facing a new court loss on immigration – Rolling Stone Magazine publishes its ‘100 Best Protest Songs of All Time,’ chronicling how musicians across genres ...

“But for me, I’ve always felt a balance between the two – I write goofy, sappy love songs, and then even on the first record (2001’s Brushfire Fairytales) I had songs making social commentary.