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1. www.liveabout.com › best-political-protest-folk10 Influential Political and Protest Folk Music Artists

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   May 16, 2019 · Kim Ruehl. Updated on 05/16/19. Music is a powerful tool that many singers, songwriters, organizers, and activists have used as a means of protest. From Woody Guthrie to Nina Simone and Dan Bern to Ani DiFranco, American history is filled with incredible activist musicians. These artists sang for Civil Rights, feminism, and peace movements.

2. www.billboard.com › music › music-newsFolk Music & Politics: Is It Still a Relevant Voice for the ...

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   Feb 21, 2017 · Texas Music Hall of Fame inductee Eliza Gilkyson, no stranger to political-themed folk songs herself, references Animal House when asked if traditional folk music can reclaim the mainstream voice ...

3. www.npr.org › the-political-folk-song-of-the-yearThe Political Folk Song Of The Year : The Record - NPR

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   Dec 11, 2014 · The Political Folk Song Of The Year : ... Katey Red, a key player in the bounce music scene in Segarra's hometown of New Orleans, stars as a Botticelli Venus fighting back the effects of our ...

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4. www.americamagazine.org › arts-culture › 2020/01/25We’re in the New Age of Protest Music - America Magazine

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   Jan 25, 2020 · Political music peaked in the United States in the 1960s. It never went away. As pop music diversified, “within each of the styles grew a desire to sing about and to listen to music of social ...

5. www.wildculture.com › article › ten-canadian-songsTen Canadian Songs that Made a Difference | The Journal of ...

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   Nov 26, 2023 · Words and Music by Willie Dunn. Willie Dunn (1941-2013) was a Mi’kmaq singer, musician, filmmaker and activist. Unlike the musicians above, he never achieved mainstream success. This was partly due to his political activism, which led to periodic imprisonment, and partly to his refusal to compromise his artistic principles.

6. www.npr.org › 2020/12/07 › 9432649402020 Was The Year Of Protest Music : NPR

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   Dec 7, 2020 · Explore how rage, resolve, mourning and solidarity shaped the best protest music of 2020, from hip-hop to folk, in this NPR report.

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   What is political folk music?

   • Political Folk follows in the footsteps of the legendary Woody Guthrie, whose highly polemical folk songs inspired a generation of tough-minded, activist singer/songwriters including Bob Dylan and Phil Ochs; simply, protest music follows the aesthetic traditions of folk, but with lyrics which take a definite, usually left-wing, political stance.

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   When did political music become popular?

   • Political music peaked in the United States in the 1960s. It never went away. As pop music diversified, “within each of the styles grew a desire to sing about and to listen to music of social change, whether that was hip-hop, rap, reggae, country or rock,” Noel Paul Stookey—of the 1960s protest music icons Peter, Paul and Mary—told me.

   We’re in the New Age of Protest Music | America Magazine

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   How did music influence politics?

   • Musicians expanded the scope of their activism. Loretta Lynn sang pioneering feminist anthems about divorce and the pill. More recently, under President Barack Obama, protest music became part of the administration’s political brand.

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   Are folk musicians a survival tactic?

   • Folk musicians have abdicated their role as historical chroniclers and moral compasses as a survival tactic, according to FAI executive director Aengus Finnan. This year’s conference theme at Folk Music & Politics is Forbidden Folk, a topic chosen well in advance of November’s election results.

   Folk Music & Politics: Is It Still a Relevant Voice for the Resistance

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   Does folk music carry a message?

   • According to Grammy nominated singer-songwriter Tift Merritt, folk music is built by design to carry a message. However, she acknowledges that the message may appear in a more modern form while still remaining effective and relevant.

   Folk Music & Politics: Is It Still a Relevant Voice for the Resistance

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   Is political music left wing?

   • Political music is often associated with hippies and the antiwar movement. It is not inherently left wing. In the 1950s, Ferlin Husky, also known as Terry Preston, sang “Let’s Keep the Communists Out.” In their 1962 song “Weapon of Prayer,” Charlie and Ira Louvin praised foreign intervention by the U.S. military.

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   Political Folk. Political Folk follows in the footsteps of the legendary Woody Guthrie, whose highly polemical folk songs inspired a generation of tough-minded, activist singer/songwriters including Bob Dylan and Phil Ochs; simply, protest music follows the aesthetic traditions of folk, but with lyrics which take a definite, usually left-wing ...