#protest songs

5 Powerful Protest Songs Released by Womxn in 2020

Music has always served as a battle cry and a balm during particularly tumultuous times, and in 2020—when injustices like the disproportionate impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on BIPOC, the slaying of George Floyd by police, the assault on immigrant, women's, and LGBTQIA rights by the Trump...

Alexa Peters

PREMIERENaima Shalhoub Sings Rallying Cry of Resistance on "Five (The Calling)"

In addition to being a singer, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist, the Lebanese-American artist is a Restorative Justice practitioner who holds healing groups for women...

Annie White

PREMIEREFab the Duo Release "Our Love Is Resistance" EP to Celebrate Pride Month

During a time of upheaval and turmoil, Fab the Duo's music provides an uplifting message of resilience and perseverance. Today, the queer glam pop-rock duo is releasing their debut EP Our Love Is Resistance, which tackles LGBTQ rights and social justice more broadly on a political level, as well as...

Annie White

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Raye Zaragoza Reclaims Playground Taunt "Fight Like a Girl" for Latest Protest Anthem

Every one of Raye Zaragoza's songs has a political message. It's sometimes a very specific one, as in "Driving to Standing Rock" and "In the River," both about the Dakota Access Pipeline, and often a broader one, as in "Fight for You," a call for people to speak out about injustice and stand up for...

Annie White

ONLY NOISEMarching Songs

Despite their history, politics and pop culture have an unsteady relationship. When we look specifically at music and politics, there lies an on-again, off-again affair that is as fickle as a middle school romance.

Madison Bloom