NEWS, REVIEWS AND ACTIVISM
Singing these songs can land you in jail
Members of Stoptime: singer and pianist Diana Loginova, guitarist Alexander Orlov, and drummer Vladislav Leontiev. Photo obtained from the band's Telegram profile. A month ago, three young Russian musicians found ...
Who was Delcat Idinco, the Congolese musician killed while filming his music video?
Delcat Idinco's music was critical of both the DRC government as well as rebel groups. Image taken from the X profile of the DRC Minister of Culture. His full name ...
Tunisia’s rap revolution: 5 women who are redefining hip-hop
Snapshot from Medusa's music video for the song 'Harissa'. Jyhene Kebsi, Macquarie University Women rappers were not really a feature of Tunisia’s typically masculine and chauvinist hip-hop scene until the ...
The troubling relevance of Woody Guthrie’s new album, released 58 years after his death
Daniele Curci, Università di Siena Woody Guthrie Center in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Photo by Gorup de Besanez and licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 International license. A new album ...
How Protest Musicians Became Icons And Targets In Iran’s Women, Life, Freedom Movement
Photo licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 Generic license. The original was taken by Taymaz Valley and can be found here. This article was written by Mohammad Zarghami and ...
A brief history of Bella Ciao, the anti-fascist Italian song cited in the Charlie Kirk shooting
The band Fiati Sprecati playing 'Bella Ciao' in Florence, Italy, on Liberation Day, April 25th 2014. Photo licensed under a Creative Commons CC BY-NC 2.0 license. Find the original photo ...
Billy Bragg releases new song in solidarity with the Gaza aid flotilla
Snapshot from the lyric video for 'Hundred Year Hunger'. Veteran protest musician, Billy Bragg, wrote on his Instagram page that he wrote 'Hundred Year Hunger' in support of the Global ...
Kneecap’s stance on Gaza extends a long history of the Irish supporting other oppressed peoples
Ciara Smart, University of Tasmania Kneecap at Wide Awake Festival - Brockwell Park - Friday 23rd May 2025. Licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 Generic license. Love them or ...
Bulgarian hardcore music veterans bring defiance to ‘Hills of Rock’
Dobromir Ganchev of Bulgarian hardcore band Urban Grey uses a megaphone during their Hills of Rock 2025 performance in Plovdiv, Bulgaria. Photo by Diana Nikolova, used with permission. At Hills of ...
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PROTEST MUSIC INTERVIEWS
Amplifying humanitarian perspectives through music: An interview with Fold.
The Fold crew is here to remind us that there are good things in this world that are worth fighting for. FOLD — from left to right: Sam Hutchison, James ...
I am little Iran, another name for displacement
My friend, the musician, is hiding from violent forces, when all he'd like to be doing is teach and perform music. Photo courtesy of the artist. "My friend, I want ...
Representing Chilean ecosystems through Black Metal: an interview with Ecologist
In recent years, the world has witnessed the alarming consequences of climate change. From rising sea levels and extreme weather events to the loss of biodiversity, no corner of the ...
EDITOR’S PICKS
Our 10 favourite protest music albums of 2025
As we all watch horrors unfold around the world, musicians remind us that we can all do something. Every little ...
DJ General Strike’s Top 40 Protest Songs of 2025
DJ General Strike curated a playlist of over 1,100 protest songs and shared his top 40 tracks influenced by protests ...
Some favourite protest music albums of 2024
2024 is behind us. Like the years before it, horrible things happened in this world, and just like all the ...
I am little Iran, another name for displacement
My friend, the musician, is hiding from violent forces, when all he'd like to be doing is teach and perform ...
A Story Of A Young Afghan Musician
After NATO Secretary General, Jens Stoltenberg, announced on April 14 2021 that the alliance had decided to withdraw its troops ...
Dread in the Air: A Conversation with Kyrylo Brener of Ukrainian post-hardcore band, KAT
In my attempts to connect with Ukrainian bands since the full-scale Russian invasion began on February 24th, several things have ...