Our Music of the Decades series crosses perilously into a new century, as we contemplate the fast-moving, sound-clashing ...

Sonu Nigam, who is one of the most popular singers in multiple film industries, was embroiled in a controversy last year in ...

While most people consider protest music a relatively modern phenomenon — songs against racial injustice and violence ...

Sonu Nigam’s October 24 Bengaluru concert faces opposition as KRV seeks police intervention over his 2025 Kannada song remark ...

John Lennon had solo hits before the Beatles even broke up. Here's a countdown of his 40 best songs, from "Instant Karma!" to "Imagine" and beyond.

Many iconic soul songs came out of the 1960s, ’70s, and ’80s, several of them by the Queen of Soul herself, Aretha Franklin.

Fela was at his most prolific, having fully embraced the responsibility of anti-establishment hero. The musician was a ...

Singer Suneeta Rao showcases solidarity with youth protests, as her 1991 song 'Pakke Irade' continues to resonate with the ...

Folk singer Woody Guthrie in the mid-1940s began to stick a message to his guitars: “This Machine Kills Fascists.” The phrase originally could be seen on stickers in American factories, attached to ...

In fact, he stayed determinedly contentious even when others began to shy away from political statements in this deeply ...

A look at ten recent protest albums using music to address social movements, injustice, resistance, and political change.