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

The Rage Against the Machine guitarist, who instigated the anti-ICE Minneapolis concert in which Bruce Springsteen ...

Several people and businesses with local ties say they are answering the call put out by activists for a nationwide shutdown on Friday in protest of ICE actions in U.S.

Bruce Springsteen appeared on a New Jersey stage in a surprise appearance at a charity benefit last week and roared out into ...

Which side are you on boys? Which side are you on?” was a classic folk song made famous by Pete Seeger about the 1931 Union Miners Strike. It very much applies to the ICE protests, which are dividing ...

Emmylou Harris has always been a musical enigma, from the moment she first picked up the $30 pawn shop guitar her grandfather bought for her when she was a teen. She would later say the nightly folk ...

His concert at Manchester’s Co-op Arena in May last year featured a lengthy onstage broadside against Donald Trump, and his long history of political activism and recording songs that speak truth to ...

In an uncertain time, folk musician Jesse Welles – a four-time Grammy Award-nominee from Ozark, Arkansas – is reinvigorating the spirit and relevance of the protest song, spreading messages on such ...

Pepper spray, camouflage gear and a threat of deadly force don’t hold the typical sounds of music. However, in the political ...

It was a reunion of sorts for President Catherine Connolly when she found herself among the traditional music fraternity at the launch of this year’s TradFest in Dublin. “She’s one of our own,” said ...

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — The St. Pete Tenants Union began its string of several workshops Monday night, looking to better equip tenants with resources and inform them about their rights. Poor housing ...