Top Ten Political Protest Songs
Posted in Music on Sep 19th, 2008
Music can be used to make powerful political statements. Contrary to popular belief, however, political protest songs didn’t begin and end in the 1960’s. Here’s a chronological list of my favorite songs with a political bent from the 1930s to the present.
1. Billie Holiday, Strange Fruit. 1937. This haunting song about racism and lynching was […]