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

Protest songs transform emotion into action, and Bruce Springsteen's anthem to Minneapolis is one in a long line of powerful ...

Protest requires people to take a stand and hold firm. Pop songs are designed to appeal across demographic lines. In music, ...

MinnPost contributor Jim Walsh compiles a playlist by songwriters who are tapping into their talent, anger, artistry and ...

The deaths of U.S. citizens in Minneapolis and the violence ICE has perpetuated has revived a folk-music tradition from ...

Protest music has been around as long as protesting itself. Here we examine the power of the protest song, considering tracks ...

Springsteen wrote "Streets of Minneapolis"—a stunning defense of Renee Good, Alex Pretti, immigrants, and the people of ...

The band's frontman says he was advised to stop playing the piano ballad last year, because it ruffled 'too many feathers.' ...

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

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 ...

We trace the lineage of rapid-response songs, from Woody Guthrie and Nina Simone to Bruce Springsteen's quick turnaround on "Streets of Minneapolis" ...

The singer’s song about the killings in Minneapolis translates private loss into a collective experience rapidly shared ...