The greatest songs about debate, protest, struggle and fighting the power: from John Lennon to The Doors, The Clash to Peter Gabriel.

A Complete Unknown shows Joan Baez's early career, but the prolific artist and activist continued to have an impressive ...

For Puerto Rican singer-songwriter Ileana Cabra — better known under her stage name, iLe — music has always been ...

"I've always shied away from doing what I call a preachy song, a protest song, but it seemed to work," said Genesis' Mike Rutherford.

The new film No Direction Home captures Bob Dylan in a period of transition, moving away from the acoustic-based folk songs on his earliest recordings into the incendiary blues-rock songs that would ...

Rupert Holmes is best known for his Number One 'Escape (The Pina Colada Song),' but his first hit was a song about ...

An Israeli music critic and a Palestinian musician share some songs with NPR's Daniel Estrin — and reflect on more than a ...

HONG KONG--An appeals court on Wednesday granted the Hong Kong government’s request to ban a popular protest song, overturning an earlier ruling and deepening concerns over the erosion of ...

Meanwhile, Smoking Popes also have a new album on the way, titled Lovely Stuff and out in March. (“Allegiance” is not on it.) They’re also on tour starting in February, celebrating the 30th ...