Its jingoism in the face of the burgeoning counter-culture, anti-war movement in the mid-‘60s angered many. Ten awful songs ...
From Pete Seeger to Billie Holiday to Rage Against the Machine to Kendrick Lamar, musicians of all genres have spoken truth to power ...
The first songs on the topic surfaced in the 1950s, hit a peak in early 1960s with the Cuban Missile Crisis ... the song became a hit under the pretense of being hopeful. Bottom line: This anti-war ...
Folk music also played an influential role in environmental political efforts and anti-war protests during the United States ... Sounds of the Civil Rights Movement and Peace Songs of the 1960s, ...
And no more,” Yarrow said at the beginning of the video. Peter, Paul and Mary, the music trio of which Yarrow had played a part, was known for its anti-war songs since the 1960s, including covers of ...