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Protest is perhaps the very essence of music. From the civil rights anthems of Nina Simone, Bob Dylan and Sam Cooke, to the anti-war messages of Creedence Clearwater Revival and Edwin Starr, and to the current day observations of singers and rappers like H.E.R., Dixie Chicks and Childish Gambino, each decade has had its share of committed artists who have in...
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Hugh Masekela, MainArtist
2002 Indieblu Music 2002 Indieblu Music
Carlton Ridenhour, ComposerLyricist - Keith Shocklee, Producer, Associate Producer, ComposerLyricist - Eric Sadler, Producer, ComposerLyricist - Public Enemy, MainArtist - Hank Shocklee, Producer - Spike Lee, Producer, Executive Producer - Rod Hui, Engineer, Mix Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Carl Ryder, Producer
℗ 1989 Def Jam Recordings, a division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Jerry Wexler, Producer - Carolyn Franklin, Backing Vocals - Spooner Oldham, Organ - Arif Mardin, Producer, Arranger - Erma Franklin, Backing Vocals - Cornell Dupree, Guitar - Otis Redding, Writer - Jimmy Johnson, Guitar - Roger Hawkins, Drums - Aretha Franklin, Piano, Vocals, MainArtist - King Curtis, Tenor Saxophone - Melvin Lastie, Cornet - Charles Chalmers, Tenor Saxophone
© 1967 Atlantic Recording Corp., manufactured and mareketed by Rhino Entertainment Company, a Warner Music Group company ℗ 1967 Atlantic Recording Corp. for the US and WEA International for the world outside the US.
Woody Guthrie, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - Herbert Harris, Producer - Moses Asch, Producer
℗ 2009 Rounder Records, a division of Concord Music Group, Inc.
Guy Gray, Engineer - Jim Moginie, Composer - Jim Moginie, Lyricist - Midnight Oil, Performer - Midnight Oil, Producer - Peter Garrett, Composer - Peter Garrett, Lyricist - Rob Hirst, Composer - Rob Hirst, Lyricist - Warne Livesey, Producer
(P) 1987 Midnight Oil Ents Pty Ltd
Nena, Vocals, MainArtist - Carlo Karges, Composer, Lyricist - Jörn-Uwe Fahrenkrog-Petersen, Composer
© 1984 BMG Rights Management GmbH ℗ 1983 Sony Music Entertainment (Germany) GmbH
John Prine, Composer, Lyricist, Acoustic Guitar, Vocals, MainArtist - Arif Mardin, Producer - Neal Rosengarden, Bass Guitar - STEVE GOODMAN, Acoustic Guitar - Dave Prine, Violin
© 1972 Atlantic Records ℗ 1972 Atlantic Records
Marvin Gaye, Producer, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - James Nyx, ComposerLyricist - James Green, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - David Van dePitte, Orchestra Contractor, AssociatedPerformer - Art Stewart, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Lawrence Miles, Recording Engineer, Mix Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Joe Atkinson, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 1971 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Roebuck Staples, Guitar, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - Al Jackson, Jr., Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Wayne Jackson, Horn, AssociatedPerformer - Andrew Love, Horn, AssociatedPerformer - Steve Cropper, Producer, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Donald "Duck" Dunn, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Joe Arnold, Horn, AssociatedPerformer - Mavis Staples, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - Marvell Thomas, Keyboards, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Homer Banks, ComposerLyricist - The Staple Singers, MainArtist - Pervis Staples, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - Cleotha Staples, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2019 Craft Recordings.
The Clash, Performer - The Clash, Producer - E. Grant, Composer - E. Grant, Lyricist
(P) 2013 Sony Music Entertainment UK Limited
B. Dylan, Composer - B. Dylan, Lyricist - Bob Dylan, Guitar - Bob Dylan, Harmonica - Bob Dylan, Performer - Bob Dylan, Vocal - Tom Wilson, Producer
Originally Released 1964. All rights reserved by Columbia Records, a division of Sony Music Entertainment
Eddie Kramer, Engineer - Jerry Velez, Percussion - Francis Scott Key, Composer - Billy Cox, Bass - Juma Sultan, Percussion - Mitch Mitchell, Drums - Larry Lee, Guitar - Jimi Hendrix, Guitar - Jimi Hendrix, Performer - Jimi Hendrix, Adaptor
(P) 2009 Experience Hendrix L.L.C., under exclusive license to Sony Music Entertainment
Gil Scott-Heron, Composer, MainArtist
2017 Soul Jazz Records Ltd 2017 Soul Jazz Records Ltd
Billie Holiday, MainArtist - Wynton Kelly, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Paul Quinichette, Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer - Kenny Burrell, Electric Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Lewis Allan, ComposerLyricist - Tony Scott, Producer, Clarinet, AssociatedPerformer - Charlie Shavers, Trumpet, AssociatedPerformer - Tony Scott Orchestra, Orchestra - Aaron Bell, Double Bass, AssociatedPerformer - Lennie McBrowne, Drums, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1956 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Superchunk, Composer, Lyricist, MainArtist - All Songs Sound the Same Music (BMI), Administered by Rough Trade Publishing, MusicPublisher
2018 Merge Records 2018 Merge Records
Ben Hillier, Producer, MixingEngineer - Nichols, Composer - Shah, Composer - Hillier, Composer - Nadine Shah, MainArtist
2017 1965 Records Ltd 2017 1965 Records Ltd
Bob Dylan, Associated Performer, Main Artist, Associated Performer - B. Dylan, Composer, Lyricist - G. JOHNS, Producer - Tom Wilson, Producer
Originally released 1963. All rights reserved by Columbia Records, a division of Sony Music Entertainment
JAMES BROWN, Producer, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - Alfred Ellis, ComposerLyricist - The James Brown Orchestra, Orchestra
℗ 1969 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Freddie Gorman, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Barrett Strong, ComposerLyricist - Norman Whitfield, Producer, ComposerLyricist - EDWIN STARR, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Joe Harris, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Billie Rae Calvin, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - The Funk Brothers, Instrumental Ensemble, AssociatedPerformer - Walter Gaines, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Hank Dixon, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - C.P. Spencer, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Brenda Joyce Evans, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1970 UMG Recordings, Inc.
R.E.M., Producer, MainArtist - MICHAEL STIPE, ComposerLyricist - PETER BUCK, ComposerLyricist - William Berry, ComposerLyricist - SCOTT LITT, Producer - Michael Mills, ComposerLyricist
℗ 2013 R.E.M./Athens L.L.C. Under exclusive license to Concord Music Group, Inc.
P. Williams, ComposerLyricist - Pharrell Williams, Producer - Kendrick Lamar, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - M. Spears, ComposerLyricist - Sounwave, Producer
℗ 2015 Aftermath/Interscope (Top Dawg Entertainment)
Cynthia Robinson, Trumpet - Freddie Stone, Guitar - Freddie Stone, Vocal - Greg Errico, Drums - Jerry Martini, Saxophone - Jerry Martini, Vocal - Larry Graham, Bass - Larry Graham, Vocal - Rosie Stone, Keyboards - Rosie Stone, Vocal - S. Stewart, Composer - S. Stewart, Lyricist - Sly & The Family Stone, Performer - Sly Stone, Guitar - Sly Stone, Keyboards - Sly Stone, Producer - Sly Stone, Vocal
Originally released 1969. All rights reserved by Epic Records, a division of Sony Music Entertainment
Chris Gehringer, Masterer - Will Quinnell, Masterer - Janelle Monáe, Production, Vocals, Recorded by, MainArtist, CoProducer, ExecutiveProducer - MICK GUZAUSKI, Mixer - Charles Joseph II, Writer - Janelle Monáe Robinson, Writer - Nathaniel Irvin III, Writer - Sean "Diddy" Combs, ExecutiveProducer - Chuck Lightning, CoProducer, ExecutiveProducer - Nate Wonder, ExecutiveProducer - Nate "Rocket" Wonder, Producer, Arranger, Drums, Guitar, Production, Drum Programmer, Recorded by, Synthesizer - Kellis Parker Jr., Writer - Jon Jon Traxx, Guitar, Additional Production, Programmer, Bass - John M. Webb Jr., Writer - Kellindo, Guitar
© 2018 Bad Boy Records LLC for the United States and WEA International Inc. for the world outside of the United States. ℗ 2018 Bad Boy Records, LLC.
Peter Gabriel, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - Steve Lillywhite, Producer
℗ 2009 Peter Gabriel Ltd
Errol Brown, Engineer, Mix Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Bob Marley, ComposerLyricist - CHRIS BLACKWELL, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Bob Marley & The Wailers, Producer, MainArtist - The Wailers, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Chiao Ng, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 1980 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Jay Dee Daugherty, Drums - Sammy Figueroa, Percussion - Fred Smith, Producer - Richard Sohl, Keyboards - Bob Ludwig, Mastering Engineer - KEVIN KILLEN, Engineer - SCOTT LITT, Producer - Bob Irwin, Re-Mastering Supervisor - Shelly Yakus, Mixing Engineer - THOM PANUNZIO, Engineer - Jimmy Iovine, Producer - PATTI SMITH, Composer, Lyricist, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - F. Smith, Composer, Lyricist - Fred "Sonic" Smith, Guitar - Vic Anesini, Re-Mastering Engineer - Jay Healey, Engineer - Gary Rasmussen, Bass
(P) 1988 Arista Records LLC
Richie Furay, Guitar, Background Vocals - Buffalo Springfield, MainArtist - Brian Stone, Producer - Bruce Palmer, Bass Guitar - Charles Greene, Producer - Dewey Martin, Drums, Background Vocals - Doc Siegel, Engineer - Neil Young, Guitar - Stephen Stills, Guitar, Lead Vocals, Writer - Tom May, Engineer - Stan Ross, Engineer
© 2018 Atlantic Recording Corporation. All Rights Reserved. ℗ 1966, 2018 Atlantic Recording Corporation.
Sun Ra, Composer, Lyricist - Sun Ra & His Arkestra, MainArtist
Sun Ra LLC Enterplanetary Koncepts
F. Hamilton, Composer - F. Hamilton, Lyricist - G. Carawan, Composer - G. Carawan, Lyricist - John Hammond, Producer - Mike Berniker, Producer - P. Seeger, Composer - P. Seeger, Lyricist - Pete Seeger, Guitar - Pete Seeger, Performer - Pete Seeger, Vocal - Z. Horton, Composer - Z. Horton, Lyricist
Originally released 1963. All rights reserved by Sony Music Entertainment
Ben Harper, Composer, Author, Producer, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Todd Burke, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Eddy Schreyer, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Bradley Cook, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Jean Pierre Plunier, Producer - J P Plunier, Producer - Bob (Stiv) Coke, Producer - Eric Sarafin, Mixer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 1995 Virgin Records America, Inc.
Clelia Felix, Performer, Writer
2007 Chillball Music (a division of Highball Music GmbH) 2007 Chillball Music (a division of Highball Music GmbH)
Nick Lowe, Composer - Dave Edmunds, Producer - Brinsley Schwarz, MainArtist
© 2000 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 1974 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company
Bruce Springsteen, Associated Performer, Composer, Guitar, Lyricist, Main Artist, Producer, Associated Performer, Composer, Guitar, Lyricist, Producer - Stevie Van Zandt, Acoustic Guitar, Mandolin, Producer - Jon Landau, Producer - Chuck Plotkin, Producer - ROY BITTAN, Piano, Synthesizer - Clarence Clemons, Percussion, Saxophone - John Davenport, Assistant Engineer - Garry Tallent, Bass - JEFF HENDRICKSON, Assistant Engineer - Max Weinberg, Drums - Bruce Lampcov, Assistant Engineer - Billy Straus, Assistant Engineer - Zoë Yanakas, Assistant Engineer - BOB CLEARMOUNTAIN, Mixing Engineer - Bob Ludwig, Mastering Engineer - Danny Federici, Glockenspiel, Organ, Piano - Brian Lee (Remastering Engineer), Mastering Engineer - TOBY SCOTT, Recording Engineer
(P) 1984 Bruce Springsteen
Leonard Cohen, Associated Performer, Composer, Lyricist, Main Artist, Producer, Associated Performer, Composer, Lyricist, Producer - Steve Lindsey, Keyboards, Producer - Vinnie Colaiuta - Jennifer Warnes - Julie Christensen - David Morgan - Dean Parks, Guitar, Mandolin - Jeff Fisher, Keyboards - Randy Kerber, Keyboards
(P) 1992 Sony Music Entertainment (Canada) Inc.
Nina Simone, Vocals, Recording Arranger, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Hal Mooney, Producer - Rudy Stevenson, Flute, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Bobby Hamilton, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Lisle Atkinson, Upright Bass, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1964 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Polly Jean Harvey, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Catherine Marks, Assistant Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Flood, Producer, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Rob Kirwan, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - John Parish, Producer, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer - PJ Harvey, Producer, MainArtist - Mick Harvey, Producer, Keyboards, AssociatedPerformer - John Catlin, Assistant Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Jean-Marc Butty, Drums, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2010 Universal Island Records Ltd. A Universal Music Company.
Norbert Putnam, Producer, Co-Producer - HY ZARET, ComposerLyricist - Joan Baez, Producer, MainArtist - Anna Marly, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1972 UMG Recordings, Inc.
John Fogerty, Producer, Guitar, Vocals, Recording Producer, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Stu Cook, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Creedence Clearwater Revival, MainArtist - Doug Clifford, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Tom Fogerty, Guitar, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Saul Zaentz, Producer, Recording Producer
(C) 1995 Fantasy, Inc. ℗ 2021 Craft Recordings., Distributed by Concord.
Mike Bozzi, Masterer - Jeff Gitelman, Writer, Rhythm Guitar - Jason Pounds, Writer - Johnny McKinzie, Writer - Brandon Anderson, Writer - Anderson .Paak, Producer, Drums, Lead Vocals, MainArtist - J.LBS, Producer, Bass, Synthesizer, Rhodes Solo - Jhair Lazo, Mixer, Engineer - Julio Ulloa, Engineer - Vicky Farewell Nguyen, Piano, Writer - Rae Khalil, Backing Vocals - Kenya Rae Johnson, Writer
© 2020 Aftermath Entertainment, exclusively distributed by 12Tone Music, LLC. All rights reserved. ℗ 2020 Aftermath Entertainment, exclusively distributed by 12Tone Music, LLC. All rights reserved.
Natalie Maines, Composer, Lyricist, Vocal - Martie Maguire, Composer, Lyricist, Fiddle, Vocal - John Hanes, Engineer - Chris Gehringer, Mastering Engineer - Serban Ghenea, Mixing Engineer - Will Quinnell, Mastering Engineer - Chad Smith, Drums - Laura Sisk, Recording Engineer - Jon Sher, Assistant Engineer - Jack Antonoff, Composer, Lyricist, Producer, Drums, Acoustic Guitar, Keyboards, Percussion, Piano, Recording Engineer, Melodica, 12-String Guitar - Emily Strayer, Composer, Lyricist, Banjo, Vocal - Sean Hutchinson, Percussion - Mike Riddleberger, Percussion - The Chicks, Producer, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer
(P) 2020 Columbia Records, a Division of Sony Music Entertainment
Colin Leonard, Mastering Engineer - Miki Tsutsumi, Engineer - Dernst Emile II, Composer, Lyricist - Tiara Thomas, Composer, Lyricist - Dernst "D'Mile" Emile II, Producer - Tim McClain, Mixing Engineer - H.E.R., Composer, Lyricist, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer
(P) 2020 RCA Records, a division of Sony Music Entertainment
David Gilmour, Guitar, Vocal - Roger Waters, Composer, Lyricist, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Pink Floyd, Producer, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - James Guthrie, Mastering Engineer - Joel Plante, Mastering Engineer - Richard Wright, Organ, Piano, Background Vocal - Nick Mason, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Alan Parsons, Engineer - Peter James, Assistant Engineer - Dick Parry, Tenor Saxophone - Chris Adamson, Speaker
(P) 2016 The copyright in this sound recording is owned by Pink Floyd Music Ltd., marketed and distributed by Sony Music Entertainment
Ian MacKaye, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Butch Vig, Producer, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - ANDY WALLACE, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Sonic Youth, Producer, MainArtist - Lee Ranaldo, ComposerLyricist - Thurston Moore, ComposerLyricist - Steve Shelley, ComposerLyricist - Kim Gordon, ComposerLyricist - Edward Douglas, Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 1992 Geffen Records
Jack Holder, Electric Guitar, Organ - Tracy Chapman, Acoustic Guitar, Electric Guitar, Percussion, Vocals, Writer, MainArtist - LARRY KLEIN, Bass Guitar - David Kershenbaum, Producer - Denny Fongheiser, Drums, Percussion - Kevin W. Smith, Mixer, Engineer
© 1988 Elektra/Asylum Records for the United States and WEA International for the world outside of the United States. ℗ 1988 Elektra Entertainment Group Inc.
Sam Cooke, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist
℗ 2008 ABKCO Records Inc.
Saul Hudson, ComposerLyricist - Bill Price, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Duff McKagan, ComposerLyricist - Jim Mitchell, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Mike Clink, Producer, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Guns N' Roses, Producer, MainArtist - W. Axl Rose, ComposerLyricist - Jeffrey Isbell, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1991 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Rage Against The Machine, Arranger, Associated Performer, Composer, Main Artist, Producer, Arranger, Associated Performer, Composer, Producer - James Keenan - GGGarth, Producer, Recording Engineer - Tom Morello, Guitar - Zack De La Rocha, Lyricist - Jeff Sheehan, Assistant Engineer - Stephen Perkins Add., Percussion - Brad Wilk, Drums - Craig Doubet, Assistant Engineer - ANDY WALLACE, Mixing Engineer - Bob Ludwig, Mastering Engineer - Timmy C., Bass - Stan Katayama, Recording Engineer
(P) 1992 Epic Records, a division of Sony Music Entertainment
Earl Robinson, ComposerLyricist - David Kershenbaum, Producer - Joan Baez, Guitar, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Al Hayes, ComposerLyricist - Bernard Gelb, Producer, Executive Producer
℗ 1976 A&M Records
Gini Ball, Strings - Simon Heyworth, Masterer, MasteringEngineer - Flood, Engineer, Recorder - Nick Cave, Composer, Hammond Organ, Vocals - Chris Tombling, Strings - Blixa Bargeld, Guitar - Audrey Riley, Strings - Tony Cohen, Mixer, Engineer, Recorder - Thomas Wydler, Drums - Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds, Producer, MainArtist - Mick Harvey, Composer, Guitar, Piano, Vocals, Bass, Loops - Roland Wolf, Guitar
© 2010 Mute Records Ltd., a BMG Company ℗ 1988 2010 Mute Records Ltd., a BMG Company
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Protest is perhaps the very essence of music. From the civil rights anthems of Nina Simone, Bob Dylan and Sam Cooke, to the anti-war messages of Creedence Clearwater Revival and Edwin Starr, and to the current day observations of singers and rappers like H.E.R., Dixie Chicks and Childish Gambino, each decade has had its share of committed artists who have in their own way denounced the ills of the planet—war; political strife; racial, socio-economic and gender inequality; and more—in song.
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