The history of protest songs in America dates back to the days of slavery. During these times, gospel songs were often sung ...

Woody Guthrie wrote the tune “Deportee (Plane Wreck at Los Gatos)” about the same 1948 plane crash ICE is memorializing today ...

American singer-songwriters are taking up the protest torch like their forebears Woody Guthrie, Pete Seeger and Joan Baez, ...

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

ICE’s post honored Deportation Officer Frank E. Chaffin, who died along with 31 others when a government‑chartered Douglas ...

Not long after that, Springsteen made good on his word by releasing " Streets of Minneapolis ," a new song inspired by the ...

Relive the history of protest music from 1935-1975 in the United States, featuring live music and the background of popular ...

Originally published Sept. 15, 1988 in the Bergen Record. One was a wiry, white Oklahoma singer-songwriter who tapped into the struggles of those made homeless by drought and the Depression. The other ...

Singer-songwriters are taking up the protest torch like their forebears Woody Guthrie and Pete Seeger, criticising Donald ...

Woody Guthrie rambled our way. Guthrie, the folk troubadour, headed west from Oklahoma in the 1930s to flee the Dust Bowl. Romantically, he hopped freight trains to get here. He got to Edom, now part ...